Mathematical Adventures in Performance Analysis From Storage Systems, Through Airplane Boarding, to Express Line Queues /

This monograph describes problems in the field of performance analysis, primarily the study of storage systems and the diverse mathematical techniques that are required for solving such problems. Topics covered include best practices for scheduling I/O requests to a disk drive, how this problem is r...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bachmat, Eitan (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology,
Subjects:
Mathematical models.
Computers.
Information storage and retrieval systems.
Number theory.
Geometry, Differential.
Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.
Hardware Performance and Reliability.
Information Storage and Retrieval.
Number Theory.
Differential Geometry.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction.- 1 A classical model for storage system activity
  • 2 A fractal model for storage system activity
  • 3 Disk scheduling, airplane boarding and Lorentzian geometry
  • 4 Mirrored configurations
  • 5 On queues and numbers
  • 6 Appendix A: Some basic definitions and facts
  • 7 Appendix B: Proofs of theorems
  • References.

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