Published in collaboration with the British Computer Society.
The Performance Analysis Process.- A Statistical Approach to Finding Performance Models of Parallel Programs.- A Modelling Environment for Studying the Performance of Parallel Programs.- On the Performance Prediction of PRAM Simulating Models.- General Queueing Network Models with Variable Concurrent Programming Structures and Synchronisation.- Experiences in Implementing Solution Techniques for Networks of Queues.- BCMP Queueing Networks versus Stochastic Petri Nets: A Pragmatic Comparison.- Extension to Preemption of a Method for a Feedback Queue.- Approximate Analysis of a G/G/c/PR Queue.- The CLOWN Network Simulator.- Modelling ATM Network Components with the Process Interaction Tool.- Asynchronous Packet-switched Banyan Networks with Blocking (Extended Abstract).- Equilibrium Point Analysis of a Slotted Ring.- MEM for Arbitrary Exponential Open Networks with Blocking and Multiple Job Classes.- Performance Evaluation of FDDI by Emulation.- An Editing and Checking Tool for Stochastic Petri Nets.- Author Index.