Performance Evaluation of Complex Systems: Techniques and Tools

G-Networks: Multiple Classes of Positive Customers, Signals, and Product Form Results.- Spectral Expansion Solutions for Markov-Modulated Queues.- M/G/1-Type Markov Processes: A Tutorial.- An Algorithmic Approach to Stochastic Bounds.- Dynamic Scheduling via Polymatroid Optimization.- Workload Modeling for Performance Evaluation.- Capacity Planning for Web Services Techniques and Methodology.- End-to-End Performance of Web Services.- Benchmarking.- Benchmarking Models and Tools for Distributed Web-Server Systems.- Stochastic Process Algebra: From an Algebraic Formalism to an Architectural Description Language.- Automated Performance and Dependability Evaluation Using Model Checking.- Measurement-Based Analysis of System Dependability Using Fault Injection and Field Failure Data.- Software Reliability and Rejuvenation: Modeling and Analysis.- Performance Validation of Mobile Software Architectures.- Performance Issues of Multimedia Applications.- Markovian Modeling of Real Data Traffic: Heuristic Phase Type and MAP Fitting of Heavy Tailed and Fractal Like Samples.- Optimization of Bandwidth and Energy Consumption in Wireless Local Area Networks.- Service Centric Computing - Next Generation Internet Computing.- European DataGrid Project: Experiences of Deploying a Large Scale Testbed for E-science Applications.