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Principles of Performance and Reliability Modeling and Evaluation

Essays in Honor of Kishor Trivedi on his 70th Birthday

  • Presents the latest key research into the performance and reliability
  • aspects of dependable fault-tolerant systems
  • Identifies the current challenges associated with ensuring the
  • reliability, availability, and performance of systems, with a special focus on
  • their dynamic behaviors and dependencies
  • Includes contributions from Prof. Kishor S. Trivedi's former PhD students, many of whom are internationally recognized experts, to honor him on the occasion of his 70th birthday
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Reliability Engineering (RELIABILITY)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
  2. Phase Type Distributions, Expectation Maximization Algorithms, and Probabilistic Graphical Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Phase Type and Matrix Exponential Distributions in Stochastic Modeling

      • Andras Horvath, Marco Scarpa, Miklos Telek
      Pages 3-25
    3. An Analytical Framework to Deal with Changing Points and Variable Distributions in Quality Assessment

      • Dario Bruneo, Salvatore Distefano, Francesco Longo, Marco Scarpa
      Pages 27-48
    4. Constant-Stress Accelerated Life-Test Models and Data Analysis for One-Shot Devices

      • Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan, Man Ho Ling, Hon Yiu So
      Pages 77-108
    5. Probabilistic Graphical Models for Fault Diagnosis in Complex Systems

      • Ali Abdollahi, Krishna R. Pattipati, Anuradha Kodali, Satnam Singh, Shigang Zhang, Peter B. Luh
      Pages 109-139
  3. Principles of Performance and Reliability Modeling and Evaluation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
    2. From Performability to Uncertainty

      • Raymond A. Marie
      Pages 143-168
    3. Sojourn Times in Dependability Modeling

      • Gerardo Rubino, Bruno Sericola
      Pages 169-195
    4. Managed Dependability in Interacting Systems

      • Poul E. Heegaard, Bjarne E. Helvik, Gianfranco Nencioni, Jonas Wäfler
      Pages 197-226
    5. 30 Years of GreatSPN

      • Elvio Gilberto Amparore, Gianfranco Balbo, Marco Beccuti, Susanna Donatelli, Giuliana Franceschinis
      Pages 227-254
    6. WebSPN: A Flexible Tool for the Analysis of Non-Markovian Stochastic Petri Nets

      • Francesco Longo, Marco Scarpa, Antonio Puliafito
      Pages 255-285
    7. Modeling Availability Impact in Cloud Computing

      • Paulo Romero Martins Maciel
      Pages 287-320
    8. Scalable Assessment and Optimization of Power Distribution Automation Networks

      • Alberto Avritzer, Lucia Happe, Anne Koziolek, Daniel Sadoc Menasche, Sindhu Suresh, Jose Yallouz
      Pages 321-340
    9. Model Checking Two Layers of Mean-Field Models

      • Anna Kolesnichenko, Anne Remke, Pieter-Tjerk de Boer, Boudewijn R. Haverkort
      Pages 341-369
  4. Checkpointing and Queueing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 371-371
    2. Standby Systems with Backups

      • Gregory Levitin, Liudong Xing
      Pages 373-399
    3. Service Reliability Enhancement in Cloud by Checkpointing and Replication

      • Subrota K. Mondal, Fumio Machida, Jogesh K. Muppala
      Pages 425-448

About this book

This book presents the latest key research into the performance and reliability aspects of dependable fault-tolerant systems and features commentary on the fields studied by Prof. Kishor S. Trivedi during his distinguished career. Analyzing system evaluation as a fundamental tenet in the design of modern systems, this book uses performance and dependability as common measures and covers novel ideas, methods, algorithms, techniques, and tools for the in-depth study of the performance and reliability aspects of dependable fault-tolerant systems. It identifies the current challenges that designers and practitioners must face in order to ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of systems, with special focus on their dynamic behaviors and dependencies, and provides system researchers, performance analysts, and practitioners with the tools to address these challenges in their work. With contributions from Prof. Trivedi's former PhD students and collaborators, many of whom are internationally recognized experts, to honor him on the occasion of his 70th birthday, this book serves as a valuable resource for all engineering disciplines, including electrical, computer, civil, mechanical, and industrial engineering as well as production and manufacturing.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Massachusetts Dartmou, Dartmouth, USA

    Lance Fiondella

  • Università degli studi di Messina, Messina, Italy

    Antonio Puliafito

About the editors

The editors are academics who conduct research on the topics to be covered in the book. This book will be useful to independent researchers, graduate students and practitioners wishing to learn principles of performance and reliability modeling.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Principles of Performance and Reliability Modeling and Evaluation

  • Book Subtitle: Essays in Honor of Kishor Trivedi on his 70th Birthday

  • Editors: Lance Fiondella, Antonio Puliafito

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Reliability Engineering

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30599-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30597-4Published: 14 April 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80845-1Published: 22 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-30599-8Published: 06 April 2016

  • Series ISSN: 1614-7839

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-999X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 655

  • Number of Illustrations: 216 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Circuits and Systems, R & D/Technology Policy, Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk

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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 219.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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