Principles of Performance and Reliability Modeling and Evaluation

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.

• Phase Type and Matrix Exponential Distributions inStochastic Modelling.- Constant-Stress Accelerated Life-Test Models and DataAnalysis for One-Shot Devices.- From Performability to Uncertainty.- Manageddependability in interacting systems.- Modeling Availability Impact in CloudComputing.- Reliability Analysis of a Cloud Computing System with Replication.-Combined Simulation and Testing Based on Standard UML Models.- Reproducibilityof Software Bugs.- Measuring the Resiliency of Extreme-Scale ComputingEnvironments.