<p><P>Providing performance guarantees is one of the most important issues for future telecommunication networks. This book describes theoretical developments in performance guarantees for telecommunication networks from the last decade. Written for the benefit of graduate students and scientists interested in telecommunications-network performance this book consists of two parts. The first introduces the recently-developed filtering theory for providing deterministic (hard) guarantees, such as bounded delay and queue length. The filtering theory is developed under the min-plus algebra, where one replaces the usual addition with the min operator and the usual multiplication with the addition operator. As in the classical linear system theory, the filtering theory treats an arrival process (or a departure process ) as a signal and a network element as a system. Network elements, including traffic regulators and servers, can be modelled as linear filters under the min-plus algebra, and they can be joined by concatenation, filter bank summation, and feedback to form a composite network element. The problem of providing deterministic guarantees is equivalent to finding the impulse response of composite network elements. This section contains material on&#58;<br>- (s, r)-calculus<br>- Filtering theory for deterministic traffic regulation, service guarantees and networks with variable-length packets - Traffic specification<br>- Networks with multiple inputs and outputs<br>- Constrained traffic regulation The second part of the book addresses stochastic (soft) guarantees, focusing mainly on tail distributions of queue lengths and packet loss probabilities and contains material on&#58;<br>- (s(q), r(q))-calculus and q-envelope rates<br>- The large deviation principle<br>- The theory of effective bandwidth The mathematical theory for stochastic guarantees is the theory of effective bandwidth. Based on the large deviation principle, the theory of effective bandwidth provides approximations for the bandwidths required to meet stochastic guarantees for both short-range dependent inputs and long-range dependent inputs.</p>

<p>Network Reliability: Experiments with a Symbolic Algebra Environment examines two intertwined topics: computational methods for computing bounds on three measures of network reliability, and a symbolic algebra system to support these computations. It describes, in algorithmic outlines, efficient techniques for reliability bounds and discusses the implementation of the techniques. It explores all-terminal reliability, two-terminal reliability, and reliability of interconnection networks. Consistent with real-world experience, the computational environment and results are strongly supported by sound theoretical development.</p> <p>Written for researchers and practitioners in telecommunications networks, operations research, symbolic algebra, and discrete mathematics, this book explores all-terminal reliability, two-terminal reliability, and reliability of interconnection networks. Features extensive discussion of implementation issues and never-before-published results of computational experiments. </p>

IS AUDITING is an innovative and cutting edge product, which will provide students an understanding of how to audit accounting information systems. Its organization and the addition of ACL software within the package ensure a solid background in traditional auditing as well as in the evaluation of accounting information systems. The combination of text and software create a double learning environment in which students will gain a true understanding of how these audits take place in the "real-world".

The need to evaluate computer and communication systems performance and dependability is continuously growing as a consequence of both the increasing complexity of systems and the user requirements in terms of timing behaviour. The 10th International Conference on Modelling Techniques and Tools for C- puter Performance Evaluation, held in Palma in September 1998, was organised with the aim of creating a forum in which both theoreticians and practitioners could interchange recent techniques, tools, and experiences in these areas. This meeting follows the predecessor conferences of this series: 1984 Paris 1988 Palma 1994 Wien 1985 Sophia Antipolis 1991 Torino 1995 Heidelberg 1987 Paris 1992 Edinburgh 1997 Saint Malo The tradition of this conference series continued this year where many high quality papers were submitted. The Programme Committee had a di cult task in selecting the best papers. Many ne papers could not be included in the program due to space constraints. All accepted papers are included in this volume. Also, a set of submissions describing performance modelling tools was transformed into tool presentations and demonstrations. A brief description of these tools is included in this volume. The following table gives the overall statistics for the submissions. Erscheinungsdatum: 26.08.1998

<p>This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second European Dependable Computing Conference, EDCC-2, held in Taormina, Italy, in October 1996.<br> The book presents 26 revised full papers selected from a total of 66 submissions based on the reviews of 146 referees. The papers are organized in sections on distributed fault tolerance, fault injection, modelling and evaluation, fault-tolerant design, basic hardware models, testing, verification, replication and distribution, and system level diagnosis.</p>

Build real-world, end-to-end network monitoring solutions with Nagios This is the definitive guide to building low-cost, enterprise-strength monitoring infrastructures with Nagios, the world's leading open source monitoring tool. Network monitoring specialist David Josephsen goes far beyond the basics, demonstrating how to use third-party tools and plug-ins to solve the specific problems in your unique environment. Josephsen introduces Nagios “from the ground up,” showing how to plan for success and leverage today's most valuable monitoring best practices. Then, using practical examples, real directives, and working code, Josephsen presents detailed monitoring solutions for Windows, Unix, Linux, network equipment, and other platforms and devices. You'll find thorough discussions of advanced topics, including the use of data visualization to solve complex monitoring problems. This is also the first Nagios book with comprehensive coverage of using Nagios Event Broker to transform and extend Nagios. Understand how Nagios works, in depth: the host and service paradigm, plug-ins, scheduling, and notification Configure Nagios successfully: config files, templates, timeperiods, contacts, hosts, services, escalations, dependencies, and more Streamline deployment with scripting templates, automated discovery, and Nagios GUI tools Use plug-ins and tools to systematically monitor the devices and platforms you need to monitor, the way you need to monitor them Establish front-ends, visual dashboards, and management interfaces with MRTG and RRDTool Build new C-based Nagios Event Broker (NEB) modules, one step at a time Contains easy-to-understand code listings in Unix shell, C, and Perl If you're responsible for systems monitoring infrastructure in any organization, large or small, this book will help you achieve the results you want–right from the start. David Josephsen is Senior Systems Engineer at DBG, Inc., where he maintains a collection of geographically dispersed server farms. He has more than a decade of hands-on experience with Unix systems, routers, firewalls, and load balancers in support of complex, high-volume networks. Josephsen's certifications include CISSP, CCNA, CCDA, and MCSE. His co-authored work on Bayesian spam filtering earned a Best Paper award at USENIX LISA 2004. He has been published in both ;login and Sysadmin magazines on topics relating to security, systems monitoring, and spam mitigation. IntroductionCHAPTER 1 Best PracticesCHAPTER 2 Theory of Operations CHAPTER 3 Installing Nagios CHAPTER 4 Configuring Nagios CHAPTER 5 Bootstrapping the Configs CHAPTER 6 WatchingCHAPTER 7 VisualizationCHAPTER 8 Nagios Event Broker Interface APPENDIX A Configure OptionsAPPENDIX B nagios.cfg and cgi.cfgAPPENDIX C Command-Line OptionsIndex

<p><P>Foundations of Dependable Computing&#58; System Implementation, explores the system infrastructure needed to support the various paradigms of Paradigms for Dependable Applications. Approaches to implementing support mechanisms and to incorporating additional appropriate levels of fault detection and fault tolerance at the processor, network, and operating system level are presented. A primary concern at these levels is balancing cost and performance against coverage and overall dependability. As these chapters demonstrate, low overhead, practical solutions are attainable and not necessarily incompatible with performance considerations. The section on innovative compiler support, in particular, demonstrates how the benefits of application specificity may be obtained while reducing hardware cost and run-time overhead. <br> A companion to this volume (published by Kluwer) subtitled Models and Frameworks for Dependable Systems presents two comprehensive frameworks for reasoning about system dependability, thereby establishing a context for understanding the roles played by specific approaches presented in this book's two companion volumes. It then explores the range of models and analysis methods necessary to design, validate and analyze dependable systems. <br> Another companion to this book (published by Kluwer), subtitled Paradigms for Dependable Applications, presents a variety of specific approaches to achieving dependability at the application level. Driven by the higher level fault models of Models and Frameworks for Dependable Systems, and built on the lower level abstractions implemented in a third companion book subtitled System Implementation, these approaches demonstrate how dependability may be tuned to the requirements of an application, the fault environment, and the characteristics of the target platform. Three classes of paradigms are considered&#58; protocol-based paradigms for distributed applications, algorithm-based paradigms for parallel applications, and approaches to exploiting application semantics in embedded real-time control systems.</p> <h3>Booknews</h3> <p>Explores the range of models and analysis methods necessary to design, validate, and analyze dependable systems. Presents two comprehensive frameworks for reasoning about system dependability, thereby establishing a context for understanding the roles played by specific approaches presented in two companion volumes (subtitled, respectively, Paradigms for Dependable Application and System Implementation--both Kluwer). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)</p>

Based on their work in American, Japanese, and Italian universities and companies, the contributors of this volume presented their research at a workshop held on Maui in January of 2001. The 12 short papers concern low-power system design, memory hierarchy, compilers/operating systems, and high-performance systems. Individual topics include cache-in memory, pipelined memory hierarchies, cache coherence protocol for home proxy cache on RHiNET, and a report on the present status of the Earth simulator supercomputer in Japan. <p>Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)</p>

<p>Throughout successive generations of information technology, the importance of the performance evaluation of software, computer architectures, and computer networks endures. For example, the performance issues of transaction processing systems and redundant arrays of independent disks replace the virtual memory and input-output problems of the 70s. ATM performance issues supercede those associated with electronic telephony of the 70s.<br> As performance issues evolve with the technologies, so must our approach to evaluation. In System Performance Evaluation: Methodologies and Applications, top academic and industrial experts review the major issues now faced in this arena. In a series of structured, focused chapters, they present the state-of-the-art in performance methodologies and applications. They address developments in analytical modeling and its interaction with detailed analysis of measurement data. They also discuss performance evaluation methodologies for large-scale software systems - in general and in the context of critical applications, such as nuclear reactor control and air transportation systems.<br> With its particular emphasis on network performance for wireless networks, the Internet, and ATM networking, System Performance Evaluation becomes the ideal vehicle for professionals in computer architecture, networking, and software engineering to stay up-to-date and proficient in this essential aspect of information technology.</p> <p>"...academic &amp; industrial experts review major issues now faced in the field...they present advances in performance methodologies &amp; applications...address developments in analytical modeling &amp; performance evaluation." </p>

In the design, implementation, and operational planning of computer and c- municationsystems, manyquestionsregardingthe desiredcapacityandspeed of (sub)systems have to be answered.At this point, performance anddependability evaluation techniques can be of great help. With these techniques, design de- sions can be prepared using advanced methods to construct appropriatemodels, toparameterisethesemodels, andtosolvethem.Theapplicationofabroadsp- trum of such methods and techniques is currently supported by tools (mostly software, but sometimes partly hardware as well). Such tools enable system - signers and engineers to construct their models in a ?exible and modular way using high-level application-oriented modelling languages, to solve their models with a variety of techniques and to exercise parametric studies at ease. The goal of the 11th International Conference on Modelling Tools and Techniques for Computer and Communication System Perf- mance Evaluation (\TOOLS 2000") was to further develop the theory and technologyfortool-basedperformanceanddependability evaluationofcomputer and communication systems. Important themes included software tools, eval- tion techniques, measurement-based tools and techniques, performance and - pendabilityevaluationtechniquesbasedonformalmethods, casestudiesshowing the role of evaluation in the design of systems, and application studies in the area of centralised and distributed computer systems. Previous conferences in this series were held over the past 15 years in Paris (1984), Sophia Antipolis (1985), Paris(1987), Palma de Mallorca (1988), Torino (1991), Edinburgh (1992), Wien (1994), Heidelberg (1995), Saint Malo (1997), and Palma de Mallorca (1998). The proceedings of the latter four conferences also appeared in the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Volumes 794, 977, 1245, and 1469, respectively).

Keynote Address: Info-bio-nano Interface: High-performance Computing & Visualization -- Session I: Algorithms I -- 2-d Wavelet Transform Enhancement On General-purpose Microprocessors: Memory Hierarchy And Simd Parallelism Exploitation -- A General Data Layout For Distributed Consistency In Data Parallel Applications -- A Parallel Dfa Minimization Algorithm -- Accelerating The Cky Parsing Using Fpgas -- Duplication-based Scheduling Algorithm For Interconnection-constrained Distributed Memory Machines -- Evaluating Arithmetic Expressions Using Tree Contraction: A Fast And Scalable Parallel Implementation For Symmetric Multiprocessors (smps) -- Session Ii: Architecture I -- Dead-block Elimination In Cache: A Mechanism To Reduce I-cache Power Consumption In High Performance Microprocessors -- Exploiting Web Document Structure To Improve Storage Management In Proxy Caches -- High Performance Multiprocessor Architecture Design Methodology For Application-specific Embedded Systems --^ Llm: A Low Latency Messaging Infrastructure For Linux Clusters -- Low-power High-performance Adaptive Computing Architectures For Multimedia Processing -- Keynote Address: Field Programmable Systems -- Session Iii: Systems Software I -- Corba-as-needed: A Technique To Construct High Performance Corba Applications -- Automatic Search For Performance Problems In Parallel And Distributed Programs By Using Multi-experiment Analysis -- An Adaptive Value-based Scheduler And Its Rt-linux Implementation -- Effective Selection Of Partition Sizes For Moldable Scheduling Of Parallel Jobs -- Runtime Support For Multigrain And Multiparadigm Parallelism -- A Fully Compliant Openmp Implementation On Software Distributed Shared Memory -- Session Iv: Networks -- A Fast Connection-time Redirection Mechanism For Internet Application Scalability -- Algorithms For Switch-scheduling In The Multimedia Router For Lans --^ An Efficient Resource Sharing Scheme For Dependable Real-time Communication In Multihop Networks -- Improving Web Server Performance By Network Aware Data Buffering And Caching -- Wraps Scheduling And Its Efficient Implementation On Network Processors -- Performance Comparison Of Pipelined Hash Joins On Workstation Clusters -- Keynote Address: Computational Science And Engineering: Past, Present, And Future -- Session V: Algorithms Ii -- Iterative Algorithms On Heterogeneous Network Computing: Parallel Polynomial Root Extracting -- Efficient Tree-based Multicast In Wormhole-routed Networks -- Parallel Algorithms For Identification Of Basis Polygons In An Image -- Range Image Segmentation On A Cluster -- Detection Of Orthogonal Interval Relations -- An Efficient Parallel Algorithm For Computing Bicompatible Elimination Ordering (bco) Of Proper Interval Graphs -- Session Vi: Mobile Computing And Databases --^ Router Handoff: An Approach For Preemptive Route Repair In Mobile Ad Hoc Networks -- A 2-d Random Walk Based Mobility Model For Location Tracking -- Data Placement In Intermittently Available Environments -- Rt-mupac: Multi-power Architecture For Voice Cellular Networks -- Asynchronous Transaction Processing For Updates By Client: With Elimination Of Wait-for State -- Active File Systems For Data Mining And Multimedia -- Session Vii: Applications -- Simulating Dna Computing -- Parallel Syntenic Alignments -- Xs-systems: Extended S-systems And Algebraic Differential Automata For Modeling Cellular Behavior -- A High Performance Scheme For Eeg Compression Using A Multichannel Model -- Scalability And Performance Of Multi-threaded Algorithms For International Fare Construction On High-performance Machines -- Session Viii: Systems Software Ii -- A Resource Brokering Infrastructure For Computational Grids -- On Improving Thread Migration: Safety And Performance --^ Improved Preprocessing Methods For Modulo Scheduling Algorithms -- Dynamic Path Profile Aided Recompilation In A Java Just-in-time Compiler -- Exploiting Data Value Prediction In Compiler Based Thread Formation -- Session Ix: Scientific Computation -- High Performance Computing Of Fluid-structure Interactions In Hydrodynamics Applications Using Unstructured Meshes With More Than One Billion Elements -- An Efficient And Exponentially Accurate Parallel H-p Spectral Element Method For Elliptic Problems On Polygonal Domains: The Dirichlet Case -- Fast Stable Solver For Sequentially Semi-separable Linear Systems Of Equations -- Dynamic Network Information Collection For Distributed Scientific Application Adaptation -- Adaptive Runtime Management Of Samr Applications -- Mobile Agents: The Right Vehicle For Distributed Sequential Computing -- Session X: Architecture Ii -- Using Dataflow Based Context For Accurate Brance Prediction --^ Rehashable Btb: An Adaptive Branch Target Buffer To Improve The Target Predictability Of Java Code -- Return-address Prediction In Speculative Multithreaded Environments -- Hlspower: Hybrid Statistical Modeling Of The Superscalar Power-performance Design Space -- Efficient Decomposition Techniques For Fpgas -- Keynote Address: Protocols For Bandwidth Management In Third Generation Optical Networks -- Invited Session I: Embedded Systems -- Memory Architectures For Embedded Systems-on-chip -- Structured Component Composition Frameworks For Embedded System Design -- Low Power Distributed Embedded Systems: Dynamic Voltage Scaling And Synthesis -- The Customization Landscape For Embedded Systems -- Keynote Address: Parallel Computations Of Electron-molecule Collisions In Processing Plasmas -- Invited Session Ii: Biocomputation -- Computing Challenges And Systems Biology -- Visual Programming For Modeling And Simulation Of Biomolecular Regulatory Networks --^ Framework For Open Source Software Development For Organ Simulation In The Digital Human -- Reachability Analysis Of Delta-notch Lateral Inhibition Using Predicate Abstraction -- A Symbolic Approach To Modeling Cellular Behavior -- Author Index. Sartaj Sahni, Viktor K. Prasanna, Uday Shukla (eds.). Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

These papers were presented at the workshop on High Performance Computing and Gigabit Wide Area Networks held in September 1998 in Essen, Germany. The aim of the workshop was to analyse the interplay between computer network technology, communication software and the performance of mathematical algorithms used for large scale computations in wide area high speed computer networks. Only through interdisciplinary research with the co-operation of electrical engineers, mathematicians and computer scientists will it be possible to determine the most efficient combinations of parallel algorithms, protocols and network hardware. This workshop brought together scientists working in computer networks, network protocols and numerical and linear algebra and new insights were gained that have previously been unattainable. This volume contains 22 refereed research articles that reflect the exciting new developments in this field. Erscheinungsdatum: 30.09.1999

I Wish To Welcome All Of You To The International Symposium On High Perf- Mance Computing 2000 (ishpc 2000) In The Megalopolis Of Tokyo. After Having Two Great Successes With Ishpc’97 (fukuoka, November 1997) And Ishpc’99 (kyoto, May 1999), Many People Have Requested That The Symposium Would Be Held In The Capital Of Japan And We Have Agreed. I Am Very Pleased To Serve As Conference Chair At A Time When High P- Formance Computing (hpc) Has A Signi?cant In?uence On Computer Science And Technology. In Particular, Hpc Has Had And Will Continue To Have A Signi?cant - Pact On The Advanced Technologies Of The “it” Revolution. The Many Conferences And Symposiums That Are Held On The Subject Around The World Are An Indication Of The Importance Of This Area And The Interest Of The Research Community. One Of The Goals Of This Symposium Is To Provide A Forum For The Discussion Of All Aspects Of Hpc (from System Architecture To Real Applications) In A More Informal And Personal Fashion. Today We Are Delighted To Have This Symposium, Which Includes Excellent Invited Talks, Tutorials And Workshops, As Well As High Quality Technical Papers. Invited Papers -- Instruction Level Distributed Processing: Adapting To Future Technology -- Macroservers: An Object-based Programming And Execution Model For Processor-in-memory Arrays -- The New Dram Interfaces: Sdram, Rdram And Variants -- Blue Gene -- Earth Simulator Project In Japan -- Compilers, Architectures And Evaluation -- Limits Of Task-based Parallelism In Irregular Applications -- The Case For Speculative Multithreading On Smt Processors -- Loop Termination Prediction -- Compiler-directed Cache Assist Adaptivity -- Skewed Data Partition And Alignment Techniques For Compiling Programs On Distributed Memory Multicomputers -- Processor Mechanisms For Software Shard Memory -- An Evaluation Of Page Aggregation Technique On Different Dsm Systems -- Nanothreads Vs. Fibers For The Support Of Fine Grain Parallelism On Windows Nt/2000 Platforms -- Algorithms, Models And Applications -- Partitioned Parallel Radix Sort --^ Transonic Wing Shape Optimization Based On Evolutionary Algorithms -- A Common Cfd Platform Upacs -- On Performance Modeling For Hpf Applications With Asl -- A “generalized K-tree-based Model To Sub-system Allocation” For Partitionable Multi-dimensional Mesh-connected Architectures -- An Analytic Model Or Communication Latency In Wormhole-switched K -ary N -cube Interconnection Networks With Digit-reversal Traffic -- Performance Sensitivity Of Routing Algorithms To Failures In Networks Of Workstations -- Short Papers -- Decentralized Load Balancing In Multi-node Broadcast Schemes For Hypercubes -- Design And Implementation Of An Efficient Thread Partitioning Algorithm -- A Flexible Routing Scheme For Networks Of Workstations -- Java Bytecode Optimization With Advanced Instruction Folding Mechanism -- Performance Evaluation Of A Java Based Chat System -- Multi-node Broadcasting In All-ported 3-d Wormhole-routed Torus Using Aggregation-then-distribution Strategy --^ On The Influence Of The Selection Function On The Performance Of Networks Of Workstations -- Combining In-transit Buffers With Optimized Routing Schemes To Boost The Performance Of Networks With Source Routing -- A Comparison Of Locality-based And Recency-based Replacement Policies -- The Filter Data Cache: A Tour Management Comparison With Related Split Data Cache Schemes Sensitive To Data Localities -- Global Magneto-hydrodynamic Simulations Of Differentially Rotating Accretion Disk By Astrophysical Rotational Plasma Simulator -- Exploring Multi-level Parallelism In Cellular Automata Networks -- Orgel: An Parallel Programming Language With Declarative Communication Streams -- Bs?ppp: Functional Bsp Programs On Enumerated Vectors -- Ability Of Classes Of Dataow Schemata With Timing Dependency -- A New Model Of Parallel Distributed Genetic Algorithms For Cluster Systems: Dual Individual Dgas -- International Workshop On Openmp: Experiences And Implementations (wompei) --^ An Introduction To Openmp 2.0 -- Implementation And Evaluation Of Openmp For Hitachi Sr8000 -- Performance Evaluation Of The Omni Openmp Compiler -- Leveraging Transparent Data Distribution In Openmp Via User-level Dynamic Page Migration -- Formalizing Openmp Performance Properties With Asl -- Automatic Generation Of Openmp Directives And Its Application To Computational Fluid Dynamics Codes -- Coarse-grain Task Parallel Processing Using The Openmp Backend Of The Oscar Multigrain Parallelizing Compiler -- Impact Of Openmp Optimizations For The Mgcg Method -- Quantifying Differences Between Openmp And Mpi Using A Large-scale Application Suite -- International Workshop On Simulation And Visualization (iwsv) -- Large Scale Parallel Direct Numerical Simulation Of A Separating Turbulent Boundary Layer Flow Over A Flat Plate Using Nal Numerical Wind Tunnel -- Characterization Of Disorderd Networks In Vitreous Sio2 And Its Rigidity By Molecular-dynamics Simulations On Parallel Computers --^ Direct Numerical Simulation Of Coherent Structure In Turbulent Open-channel Flows With Heat Transfer -- High Reynolds Number Computation For Turbulent Heat Transfer In A Pipe Flow -- Large-scale Simulation System And Advanced Photon Research -- Parallelization, Vectorization And Visualization Of Large Scale Plasma Particle Simulations And Its Application To Studies Of Intense Laser Interactions -- Fast Lic Image Generation Based On Significance Map -- Fast Isosurface Generation Using The Cell-edge Centered Propagation Algorithm -- Fast Ray-casting For Irregular Volumes -- A Study On The Effect Of Air On The Dynamic Motion Of A Mems Device And Its Shape Optimization -- A Distributed Rendering System “on Demand Rendering System”. Mateo Valero ... [et Al.] (eds.). Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

This book presents a unified treatment of recently developed techniques and current understanding about solving systems of linear equations and large scale eigenvalue problems on high-performance computers. It provides a rapid introduction to the world of vector and parallel processing for these linear algebra applications. Topics include major elements of advanced-architecture computers and their performance, recent algorithmic development, and software for direct solution of dense matrix problems, direct solution of sparse systems of equations, iterative solution of sparse systems of equations, and solution of large sparse eigenvalue problems. This book supercedes the SIAM publication Solving Linear Systems on Vector and Shared Memory Computers, which appeared in 1990. The new book includes a considerable amount of new material in addition to incorporating a substantial revision of existing text.

This book presents a unified treatment of recently developed techniques and current understanding about solving systems of linear equations and large scale eigenvalue problems on high-performance computers. It provides a rapid introduction to the world of vector and parallel processing for these linear algebra applications. Topics include major elements of advanced-architecture computers and their performance, recent algorithmic development, and software for direct solution of dense matrix problems, direct solution of sparse systems of equations, iterative solution of sparse systems of equations, and solution of large sparse eigenvalue problems. This book supercedes the SIAM publication Solving Linear Systems on Vector and Shared Memory Computers, which appeared in 1990. The new book includes a considerable amount of new material in addition to incorporating a substantial revision of existing text.

This Book Constitutes The Refereed Proceedings Of The 1998 International Conference And Exhibition On High-performance Computing And Networking, Hpcn Europe 1998, Held In Amsterdam, The Netherlands, In April 1998. The Book Presents 85 Revised Full Papers Together With 58 Posters Selected Out Of A Total Of More Than 220 Submissions. The Book Is Divided In Topical Sections On Industrial And General Applications, Computational Science, And Hpf+. All Current Aspects In High-performance Computing And Networking Are Covered, In Particular Simulation, Visualisation, Medical Applications, Nummerical Computations, Parallel And Distributed Processing, Software Engineering, Computer And Network Architectures. Peter Sloot, Marian Bubak, Bob Hertzberger (eds.). Proceedings Of Hpcn Europe 1998. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contains papers taken from the 1998 International Conference and Exhibition on High-Performance Computing and Networking, HPCN Europe 1998, held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in April 1998. All late-1990s aspects of high-performance computing and networking are covered.

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Winner of the 2003 Robert K. Merton Book Award presented by the Science, Knowledge, and Technology section of the American Sociological Association. Most aspects of our private and social livesour safety, the integrity of the financial system, the functioning of utilities and other services, and national securitynow depend on computing. But how can we know that this computing is trustworthy? In Mechanizing Proof , Donald MacKenzie addresses this key issue by investigating the interrelations of computing, risk, and mathematical proof over the last half century from the perspectives of history and sociology. His discussion draws on the technical literature of computer science and artificial intelligence and on extensive interviews with participants. MacKenzie argues that our culture now contains two ideals of proof: proof as traditionally conducted by human mathematicians, and formal, mechanized proof. He describes the systems constructed by those committed to the latter ideal and the many questions those systems raise about the nature of proof. He looks at the primary social influence on the development of automated proofthe need to predict the behavior of the computer systems upon which human life and security dependand explores the involvement of powerful organizations such as the National Security Agency. He concludes that in mechanizing proof, and in pursuing dependable computer systems, we do not obviate the need for trust in our collective human judgment.

I Wish To Welcome All Of You To The International Symposium On High Perf- Mance Computing 2000 (ishpc 2000) In The Megalopolis Of Tokyo. After Having Two Great Successes With Ishpc’97 (fukuoka, November 1997) And Ishpc’99 (kyoto, May 1999), Many People Have Requested That The Symposium Would Be Held In The Capital Of Japan And We Have Agreed. I Am Very Pleased To Serve As Conference Chair At A Time When High P- Formance Computing (hpc) Has A Signi?cant In?uence On Computer Science And Technology. In Particular, Hpc Has Had And Will Continue To Have A Signi?cant - Pact On The Advanced Technologies Of The “it” Revolution. The Many Conferences And Symposiums That Are Held On The Subject Around The World Are An Indication Of The Importance Of This Area And The Interest Of The Research Community. One Of The Goals Of This Symposium Is To Provide A Forum For The Discussion Of All Aspects Of Hpc (from System Architecture To Real Applications) In A More Informal And Personal Fashion. Today We Are Delighted To Have This Symposium, Which Includes Excellent Invited Talks, Tutorials And Workshops, As Well As High Quality Technical Papers. Invited Papers -- Instruction Level Distributed Processing: Adapting To Future Technology -- Macroservers: An Object-based Programming And Execution Model For Processor-in-memory Arrays -- The New Dram Interfaces: Sdram, Rdram And Variants -- Blue Gene -- Earth Simulator Project In Japan -- Compilers, Architectures And Evaluation -- Limits Of Task-based Parallelism In Irregular Applications -- The Case For Speculative Multithreading On Smt Processors -- Loop Termination Prediction -- Compiler-directed Cache Assist Adaptivity -- Skewed Data Partition And Alignment Techniques For Compiling Programs On Distributed Memory Multicomputers -- Processor Mechanisms For Software Shard Memory -- An Evaluation Of Page Aggregation Technique On Different Dsm Systems -- Nanothreads Vs. Fibers For The Support Of Fine Grain Parallelism On Windows Nt/2000 Platforms -- Algorithms, Models And Applications -- Partitioned Parallel Radix Sort --^ Transonic Wing Shape Optimization Based On Evolutionary Algorithms -- A Common Cfd Platform Upacs -- On Performance Modeling For Hpf Applications With Asl -- A “generalized K-tree-based Model To Sub-system Allocation” For Partitionable Multi-dimensional Mesh-connected Architectures -- An Analytic Model Or Communication Latency In Wormhole-switched K -ary N -cube Interconnection Networks With Digit-reversal Traffic -- Performance Sensitivity Of Routing Algorithms To Failures In Networks Of Workstations -- Short Papers -- Decentralized Load Balancing In Multi-node Broadcast Schemes For Hypercubes -- Design And Implementation Of An Efficient Thread Partitioning Algorithm -- A Flexible Routing Scheme For Networks Of Workstations -- Java Bytecode Optimization With Advanced Instruction Folding Mechanism -- Performance Evaluation Of A Java Based Chat System -- Multi-node Broadcasting In All-ported 3-d Wormhole-routed Torus Using Aggregation-then-distribution Strategy --^ On The Influence Of The Selection Function On The Performance Of Networks Of Workstations -- Combining In-transit Buffers With Optimized Routing Schemes To Boost The Performance Of Networks With Source Routing -- A Comparison Of Locality-based And Recency-based Replacement Policies -- The Filter Data Cache: A Tour Management Comparison With Related Split Data Cache Schemes Sensitive To Data Localities -- Global Magneto-hydrodynamic Simulations Of Differentially Rotating Accretion Disk By Astrophysical Rotational Plasma Simulator -- Exploring Multi-level Parallelism In Cellular Automata Networks -- Orgel: An Parallel Programming Language With Declarative Communication Streams -- Bs?ppp: Functional Bsp Programs On Enumerated Vectors -- Ability Of Classes Of Dataow Schemata With Timing Dependency -- A New Model Of Parallel Distributed Genetic Algorithms For Cluster Systems: Dual Individual Dgas -- International Workshop On Openmp: Experiences And Implementations (wompei) --^ An Introduction To Openmp 2.0 -- Implementation And Evaluation Of Openmp For Hitachi Sr8000 -- Performance Evaluation Of The Omni Openmp Compiler -- Leveraging Transparent Data Distribution In Openmp Via User-level Dynamic Page Migration -- Formalizing Openmp Performance Properties With Asl -- Automatic Generation Of Openmp Directives And Its Application To Computational Fluid Dynamics Codes -- Coarse-grain Task Parallel Processing Using The Openmp Backend Of The Oscar Multigrain Parallelizing Compiler -- Impact Of Openmp Optimizations For The Mgcg Method -- Quantifying Differences Between Openmp And Mpi Using A Large-scale Application Suite -- International Workshop On Simulation And Visualization (iwsv) -- Large Scale Parallel Direct Numerical Simulation Of A Separating Turbulent Boundary Layer Flow Over A Flat Plate Using Nal Numerical Wind Tunnel -- Characterization Of Disorderd Networks In Vitreous Sio2 And Its Rigidity By Molecular-dynamics Simulations On Parallel Computers --^ Direct Numerical Simulation Of Coherent Structure In Turbulent Open-channel Flows With Heat Transfer -- High Reynolds Number Computation For Turbulent Heat Transfer In A Pipe Flow -- Large-scale Simulation System And Advanced Photon Research -- Parallelization, Vectorization And Visualization Of Large Scale Plasma Particle Simulations And Its Application To Studies Of Intense Laser Interactions -- Fast Lic Image Generation Based On Significance Map -- Fast Isosurface Generation Using The Cell-edge Centered Propagation Algorithm -- Fast Ray-casting For Irregular Volumes -- A Study On The Effect Of Air On The Dynamic Motion Of A Mems Device And Its Shape Optimization -- A Distributed Rendering System “on Demand Rendering System”. Mateo Valero ... [et Al.] (eds.). Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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It was with great pleasure that, on behalf of the entire organizing committee, I welcomed participants to EDCC-4, the Fourth European Dependable Computing Conference, held for the ?rst time in France. The fourth issue of EDCC carried on the traditions established bythe previous conferences in this series: EDCC-1 was held in Berlin (Germany) in October 1994, EDCC-2 in Taormina (Italy) in October 1996, and EDCC-3 in Prague (Czech Republic) in September 1999. EDCC evolved from a merger of tow other conference series at the moment when the Iron Curtain fell. One of these, known as the ”International Conf- ence on Fault-Tolerant Computing Systems”, was organized during the period 1982–1991, bythe German Technical Interest Group ”Fault-Tolerant Computing Systems”. The other series, known as the ”International Conference on Fault- Tolerant Systems and Diagnostics”, was organized during the period 1975–1990 in the former Czechoslovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, and the former GDR. The c- position of the EDCC steering committee and the organizing committees of the successive issues of the conference have mirrored the East–West uni?cation ch- acter of the conference series. The EDCC conference is becoming a unique meeting point for researchers and practitioners from all over the world in the ?eld of Dependable Systems. It is organized bythe SEE Working Group ”Dependable Computing” in France, the GI/ITG/GMA Technical Committee on Dependabilityand Fault Tolerance in Germany, and the AICA Working Group ”Dependability of Computer Systems” in Italy. Furthermore, committees of several global professional organizations, such as IEEE and IFIP, support the conference. Erscheinungsdatum: 14.10.2002

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These are the proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on High Performance Computing (HiPC’99) held December 17-20 in Calcutta, India. The meeting serves as a forum for presenting current work by researchers from around the world as well as highlighting activities in Asia in the high performance computing area. The meeting emphasizes both the design and the analysis of high performance computing systems and their scientific, engineering, and commercial applications. Topics covered in the meeting series include: Parallel Algorithms Scientific Computation Parallel Architectures Visualization Parallel Languages & Compilers Network and Cluster Based Computing Distributed Systems Signal & Image Processing Systems Programming Environments Supercomputing Applications Memory Systems Internet and WWW-based Computing Multimedia and High Speed Networks Scalable Servers We would like to thank Alfred Hofmann and Ruth Abraham of Springer-Verlag for their excellent support in bringing out the proceedings. The detailed messages from the steering committee chair, general co-chair and program chair pay tribute to numerous volunteers who helped us in organizing the meeting. October 1999 Viktor K. Prasanna Bhabani Sinha Prithviraj Banerjee Message from the Steering Chair It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Sixth International Conference on High Performance Computing. I hope you enjoy the meeting, the rich cultural heritage of Calcutta, as well as the mother Ganges, “the river of life”. Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.1999

The idea of creating the European Dependable Computing Conference (EDCC) was born at the moment when the Iron Curtain fell. A group of enthusiasts, who were pre viously involved in research and teaching in the ?eld of fault tolerant computing in different European countries, agreed that there is no longer any point in keeping pre viously independent activities apart and created a steering committee which took the responsibility for preparing the EDCC calendar and appointing the chairs for the in dividual conferences. There is no single European or global professional organization that took over the responsibility for this conference, but there are three national in terest groups that sent delegates to the steering committee and support its activities, especially by promoting the conference materials. As can be seen from these materi als, they are the SEE Working Group “Dependable Computing” (which is a successor organizationof AFCET)in France,theGI/ITG/GMATechnicalCommitteeonDepend ability and Fault Tolerance in Germany, and the AICA Working Group “Dependability of Computer Systems” in Italy. In addition, committees of several global professional organizations, such as IEEE and IFIP, support this conference. Prague has been selected as a conference venue for several reasons. It is an easily accessible location that may attract many visitors by its beauty and that has a tradition in organizing international events of this kind (one of the last FTSD conferences took place here). Erscheinungsdatum: 01.09.1999

Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI) is an innovative interconnect standard (ANSI/IEEE Std 1596-1992) addressing the high-performance computing and networking domain. This book describes in depth one specific application of SCI: its use as a high-speed interconnection network (often called a system area network, SAN) for compute clusters built from commodity workstation nodes. The editors and authors, coming from both academia and industry, have been instrumental in the SCI standardization process, the development and deployment of SCI adapter cards, switches, fully integrated clusters, and software systems, and are closely involved in various research projects on this important interconnect. This thoroughly cross-reviewed state-of-the-art survey covers the complete hardware/software spectrum of SCI clusters, from the major concepts of SCI, through SCI hardware, networking, and low-level software issues, various programming models and environments, up to tools and application experiences. Erscheinungsdatum: 20.10.1999

__High Performance Computing Systems and Applications__ contains the fully refereed papers from the 13th Annual Symposium on High Performance Computing, held in Kingston, Canada, in June 1999. This book presents the latest research in HPC architectures, distributed and shared memory performance, algorithms and solvers, with special sessions on atmospheric science, computational chemistry and physics. __High Performance Computing Systems and Applications__ is suitable as a secondary text for graduate level courses, and as a reference for researchers and practitioners in industry.

This Book Constitutes The Refereed Proceedings Of The 9th International Conference On High-performance Computing And Networking, Hpcn Europe 2001, Held In Amsterdam, The Netherlands In June 2001. The 67 Revised Papers And 15 Posters Presented Were Carefully Reviewed And Selected From A Total Of Almost 200 Submissions. Among The Areas Covered Are Web/grid Applications Of Hpcn, End User Applications, Computational Science, Computer Science, And Java In Hpcn. Web- And Grid-based Applications -- A Virtual Data Grid For Ligo -- A Multidisciplinary Scientific Data Portal -- Migratable Sockets For Dynamic Load Balancing -- Toward Realizable Restricted Delegation In Computational Grids1 -- Profiling Facility On A Metasystem -- Utilizing Supercomputer Power From Your Desktop -- Tertiary Storage System For Index-based Retrieving Of Video Sequences -- Data And Metadata Collections For Scientific Applications -- The Vlam-g Abstract Machine: A Data And Process Handling System On The Grid -- Optimal Caching Policies For Web Objects -- A Computational Web Portal For The Distributed Marine Environment Forecast System -- Role Of Aging, Frequency, And Size In Web Cache Replacement Policies -- A Java-based Model Of Resource Sharing Among Independent Users On The Internet -- The Grb Library: Grid Computing With Globus In C -- Certificate Use For Supporting Merging And Splitting Of Computational Environments? -- Data Management For Grid Environments --^ Mobile Agents For Distributed And Dynamically Balanced Optimization Applications -- End User Applications -- A Comparison Of Three Parallel Algorithms For 3d Reconstruction -- Parallel 3d Adaptive Compressible Navier-stokes Solver In Geofem With Dynamic Load-balancing By Drama Library -- Parallel Models For Reactive Scattering Calculations -- The Use Of Intrinsic Properties Of Physical System For Derivation Of High-performance Computational Algorithms -- Parallel Dem Simulations Of Granular Materials -- A Generic Support For Distributed Deliberations -- Using Streaming And Parallelization Tecniques For 3d Visualization In A High Performance Computing And Networking Environment -- Performance Evaluation Of Parallel Groupby-before-join Query Processing In High Performance Database Systems -- Design And Implementation Of An Rpc-based Arc Kernel -- Computer Science -- Application-controlled Coherence Protocols For Scope Consistent Software Dsms --^ Source Code And Task Graphs In Program Optimization -- Event Manipulation For Nondeterministic Shared-memory Programs -- An Open Distributed Shared Memory System1 -- Two Layers Distributed Shared Memory -- Influence Of Compiler Optimizations On Value Prediction -- Experiments With Sequential Prefetching -- Code Positioning For Vliw Architectures -- Selective Register Renaming: A Compiler-driven Approach To Dynamic Register Renamin -- An Adaptive Space-sharing Policy For Heterogeneous Parallel Systems -- Orthogonal Processor Groups For Message-passing Programs -- Scheduling Task Graphs On Arbitrary Processor Architectures Considering Contention -- Pio: Parallel I/o System For Massively Parallel Processors -- Fast “short” Messages On A Linux Cluster -- Computational Science -- Efficient Monte Carlo Linear Solver With Chain Reduction And Optimization Using Plfg -- On-line Tool Support For Parallel Applications -- Cluster Computation For Flood Simulations1 --^ Advanced Library Support For Irregular And Out-of-core Parallel Computing -- A Parallel Adi Method For Linear And Non-linear Equations -- Study Of The Parallel Block One-sided Jacobi Method? -- A Practical Approach To Efficient Use Of Heterogeneous Pc Network For Parallel Mathematical Computation -- An Hierarchical Mpi Communication Model For The Parallelized Solution Of Multiple Integrals -- Impact Of Data Distribution On Performance Of Irregular Reductions On Multithreaded Architectures? -- Implementing And Benchmarking Derived Datatypes In Metacomputing -- Mpc++ Performance For Commodity Clustering -- Dynamic Instrumentation And Performance Prediction Of Application Execution -- Improving Load Balancing In A Parallel Cluster Environment Using Mobile Agents -- Posters -- Simulation And 3d Visualization Of Bioremediation Interventions In Polluted Soils -- Resource Planning In Converged Networks -- Parallelization Of The Stem-ii Air Quality Model --^ Simulating Parallel Architectures With Bsplab -- A Blocking Algorithm For Fft On Cache-based Processors -- Monte Carlo Simulations Of A Biaxial Liquid Crystal Model Using The Condor Processing System -- Generic Approach To The Design Of Simulation- Visualization Complexes -- On Parallel Programming Language Caper -- Increased Efficiency Of Parallel Calculations Of Fragment Molecular Orbitals By Using Fine-grained Parallelization On A Hitachi Sr8000 Supercomputer -- Customer-centered Models For Web-sites And Intra-nets -- A Prototype For A Distributed Image Retrieval System -- Data-object Oriented Design For Distributed Shared Memory1 -- Using Virtual User Account System For Managing Users Account In Polish National Cluster -- Performance Evaluation Of Xtp And Tcp Transport Protocols For Reliable Multicast Communications -- Parallelization Of The Continuous Global Optimization Problem With Inequality Constraints By Using Interval Arithmetic? -- Workshops --^ A Distributed Platform With Features For Supporting Dynamic And Mobile Resources -- Implementing An Efficient Java Interpreter -- Efficient Dispatch Of Java Interface Methods -- Implementation Of A Corba-based Metacomputing System? -- Joint: An Object Oriented Message Passing Interface For Parallel Programming In Java -- A Framework For Opportunistic Cluster Computing Using Javaspaces1) -- Scientific Computation With Javaspaces -- Computational Communities: A Marketplace For Federated Resources -- A Compiler Infrastructure For High-performance Java? -- Optimizing Java-specific Overheads: Java At The Speed Of C? -- Combining Batch And Streaming Paradigms For Metacomputing Applications -- Identification And Quantification Of Hotspots In Java Grande Programs -- Hepgrid2001: A Model Of A Virtual Data Grid Application -- Grid Services For Fast Retrieval On Large Multidimensional Databases. Bob Hertzberger, Alfons Hoekstra, Roy Williams (eds.). Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Winner of the 2003 Robert K. Merton Book Award presented by the Science, Knowledge, and Technology section of the American Sociological Association. Most aspects of our private and social lives—our safety, the integrity of the financial system, the functioning of utilities and other services, and national security—now depend on computing. But how can we know that this computing is trustworthy? In Mechanizing Proof, Donald MacKenzie addresses this key issue by investigating the interrelations of computing, risk, and mathematical proof over the last half century from the perspectives of history and sociology. His discussion draws on the technical literature of computer science and artificial intelligence and on extensive interviews with participants. MacKenzie argues that our culture now contains two ideals of proof: proof as traditionally conducted by human mathematicians, and formal, mechanized proof. He describes the systems constructed by those committed to the latter ideal and the many questions those systems raise about the nature of proof. He looks at the primary social influence on the development of automated proof—the need to predict the behavior of the computer systems upon which human life and security depend—and explores the involvement of powerful organizations such as the National Security Agency. He concludes that in mechanizing proof, and in pursuing dependable computer systems, we do not obviate the need for trust in our collective human judgment.

Initially, computer systems performance analyses were carried out primarily because of limited resources. Due to ever increasing functional complexity of computational systems and user requirements, performance engineering continues to play a major role in software development. This book assesses the state of the art in performance engineering. Besides revised chapters drawn from two workshops on performance engineering held in 2000, additional chapters were solicited in order to provide complete coverage of all relevant aspects. The first part is devoted to the relation between software engineering and performance engineering; the second part focuses on the use of models, measures, and tools; finally, case studies with regard to concrete technologies are presented. Researchers, professional software engineers, and advanced students interested in performance analysis will find this book an indispensable source of information and reference.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Modeling Techniques and Tools for Computer Performance Evaluation, held in St. Malo, France, in June 1997. The volume presents 17 revised full papers carefully selected by the program committee for the proceedings; also included is an extended abstract of an invited talk. The collection of papers presented represents state-of-the-art work in computer performance evaluation. Among the issues addressed are fully distributed systems, statistical multiplexing for high-speed networks, and implications of the concept of dependability.

1 online resource (500 pages) The 46 papers include discussions of algorithm-based fault tolerance, operating systems, checkpointing, designing fault-tolerant systems, networking issues, using COTS to design dependable networked systems, diagnosis and reconfiguration, CORBA and group communication, coding and on-line testing, evaluating dependability, and detecting intrusion. Sections also include software demonstrations and practical experience reports, but the student papers, fast abstracts, and posters are not printed. A sampling of individual papers turns up an algorithm-based error detection scheme for the multigrid algorithm, multiprocessor architecture using an audit trail for fault tolerance, two-step algorithms for the maximal diagnosis of wiring interconnects, and the automatic design of optimal concurrent fault detectors for linear analog systems. Only authors are indexed. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This Book Constitutes The Refereed Proceedings Of The 1998 International Conference And Exhibition On High-performance Computing And Networking, Hpcn Europe 1998, Held In Amsterdam, The Netherlands, In April 1998. The Book Presents 85 Revised Full Papers Together With 58 Posters Selected Out Of A Total Of More Than 220 Submissions. The Book Is Divided In Topical Sections On Industrial And General Applications, Computational Science, And Hpf+. All Current Aspects In High-performance Computing And Networking Are Covered, In Particular Simulation, Visualisation, Medical Applications, Nummerical Computations, Parallel And Distributed Processing, Software Engineering, Computer And Network Architectures. Peter Sloot, Marian Bubak, Bob Hertzberger (eds.). Proceedings Of Hpcn Europe 1998. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

<p>High Performance Computing Systems and Applications contains the fully refereed papers from the 13th Annual Symposium on High Performance Computing, held in Kingston, Canada, in June 1999. This book presents the latest research in HPC architectures, distributed and shared memory performance, algorithms and solvers, with special sessions on atmospheric science, computational chemistry and physics.<br> High Performance Computing Systems and Applications is suitable as a secondary text for graduate level courses, and as a reference for researchers and practitioners in industry.</p>

<p>This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second European Dependable Computing Conference, EDCC-2, held in Taormina, Italy, in October 1996.<br> The book presents 26 revised full papers selected from a total of 66 submissions based on the reviews of 146 referees. The papers are organized in sections on distributed fault tolerance, fault injection, modelling and evaluation, fault-tolerant design, basic hardware models, testing, verification, replication and distribution, and system level diagnosis.</p>

Winner of the 2003 Robert K. Merton Book Award presented by the Science, Knowledge, and Technology section of the American Sociological Association. Most aspects of our private and social lives—our safety, the integrity of the financial system, the functioning of utilities and other services, and national security—now depend on computing. But how can we know that this computing is trustworthy? In Mechanizing Proof, Donald MacKenzie addresses this key issue by investigating the interrelations of computing, risk, and mathematical proof over the last half century from the perspectives of history and sociology. His discussion draws on the technical literature of computer science and artificial intelligence and on extensive interviews with participants. MacKenzie argues that our culture now contains two ideals of proof: proof as traditionally conducted by human mathematicians, and formal, mechanized proof. He describes the systems constructed by those committed to the latter ideal and the many questions those systems raise about the nature of proof. He looks at the primary social influence on the development of automated proof—the need to predict the behavior of the computer systems upon which human life and security depend—and explores the involvement of powerful organizations such as the National Security Agency. He concludes that in mechanizing proof, and in pursuing dependable computer systems, we do not obviate the need for trust in our collective human judgment.

This Book Constitutes The Proceedings Of The 8th International Conference On Modelling Techniques And Tools For Computer Performance Evaluation (performance Tools '95) And Of The 8th Gi/itg Conference On Measuring, Modelling And Evaluating Computing And Communication Systems, Mmb '95, Held Jointly In Heidelberg, Germany In September 1995. The Volume Presents 26 Full Refereed Papers Selected From A Total Of 86 Submissions, Together With Two Invited Contributions. The Scope Of The Papers Includes Measurement- And Model-based Approaches For Quantitative Systems Assessment, Reports On Theoretical And Methodological Progress, And Novel And Improved Assessment Techniques And Their Tool Implementations And Applications. Evaluation Of A Cpu Scheduling Mechanism For Synchronized Multimedia Streams / Ralf Steinmetz And Lars C. Wolf -- An Application Of Smart2: A Tool For Performance Evaluation Of Relational Database Programs / Jihad Boulos And Didier Boudigue -- Measuring Fault Tolerance With The Ftape Fault Injection Tool / Timothy K. Tsai And Ravishankar K. Iyer -- Queueing Analysis Of Discrete-time Buffer Systems With Compound Arrival Process And Variable Service Capacity / Bart Vinck And Herwig Bruneel -- The Method Of Moments For Higher Moments And The Usefulness Of Formula Manipulation Systems / Martin Paterok, Peter Dauphin And Ulrich Herzog -- Integration Of Performance Evaluations In The Design Process Of Cpus And Computer Systems / Uwe Langer -- Information Requirements For Software Performance Engineering / Lloyd G. Williams And Connie U. Smith -- Integrating Behavioural And Simulation Modelling / Rob Pooley -- Assessment Of 3rd Generation Mobile Systems By Simulation / John Dunlop. Heinz Beilner, Falko Bause, Eds. Includes Bibliographical References.

End-to-end QoS deployment techniques for Cisco Catalyst series switches Examine various QoS components, including congestion management, congestion avoidance, shaping, policing/admission control, signaling, link efficiency mechanisms, and classification and marking Map specified class of service (CoS) values to various queues and maintain CoS values through the use of 802.1q tagging on the Cisco Catalyst 2900XL, 3500XL and Catalyst 4000 and 2948G/2980G CatOS Family of Switches Learn about classification and rewrite capabilities and queue scheduling on the Cisco Catalyst 5000 Implement ACLs, ACPs, ACEs, and low-latency queuing on the Cisco Catalyst 2950 and 3550 Family of Switches Understand classification, policying, and scheduling capabilities of the Catalyst 4000 and 4500 IOS Family of Switches Configure QoS in both Hybrid and Native mode on the Catalyst 6500 Family of Switches Utilize Layer 3 QoS to classify varying levels of service with the Catalyst 6500 MSFC and Flexwan Understand how to apply QoS in campus network designs by examining end-to-end case studies Quality of service (QoS) is the set of techniques designed to manage network resources. QoS refers to the capability of a network to provide better service to selected network traffic over various LAN and WAN technologies. The primary goal of QoS is to provide flow priority, including dedicated bandwidth, controlled jitter and latency (required by some interactive and delay-sensitive traffic), and improved loss characteristics. While QoS has become an essential technology for those organizations rolling out a new generation of network applications such as real-time voice communications and high-quality video delivery, most of the literature available on this foundation technology for current and future business applications focuses on IP QoS. Equally important is the application of QoS in the campus LAN environment, which is primarily responsible for delivering traffic to the desktop. Cisco Catalyst QoSis the first book to concentrate exclusively on the application of QoS in the campus environment. This practical guide provides you with insight into the operation of QoS on the most popular and widely deployed LAN devices: the Cisco Catalyst family of switches. Leveraging the authors'extensive expertise at Cisco in the support of Cisco Catalyst switches and QoS deployment, the book presents QoS from the campus LAN perspective. It explains why QoS is essential in this environment in order to achieve a more deterministic behavior for traffic when implementing voice, video, or other delay-sensitive applications. Through architectural overviews, configuration examples, real-world deployment case studies, and summaries of common pitfalls, you will understand how QoS operates, the different components involved in making QoS possible, and how QoS can be implemented on the various Cisco Catalyst platforms to enable truly successful end-to-end QoS applications. This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press, which offers networking professionals valuable information for constructing efficient networks, understanding new technologies, and building successful careers. From the Back Cover End-to-end QoS deployment techniques for Cisco Catalyst series switches Examine various QoS components, including congestion management, congestion avoidance, shaping, policing/admission control, signaling, link efficiency mechanisms, and classification and marking Map specified class of service (CoS) values to various queues and maintain CoS values through the use of 802.1q tagging on the Cisco Catalyst 2900XL, 3500XL and Catalyst 4000 and 2948G/2980G CatOS Family of Switches Learn about classification and rewrite capabilities and queue scheduling on the Cisco Catalyst 5000 Implement ACLs, ACPs, ACEs, and low-latency queuing on the Cisco Catalyst 2950 and 3550 Family of Switches Understand classification, policying, and scheduling capabilities of the Catalyst 4000 and 4500 IOS Family of Switches Configure QoS in both Hybrid and Native mode on the Catalyst 6500 Family of Switches Utilize Layer 3 QoS to classify varying levels of service with the Catalyst 6500 MSFC and Flexwan Understand how to apply QoS in campus network designs by examining end-to-end case studies Quality of service (QoS) is the set of techniques designed to manage network resources. QoS refers to the capability of a network to provide better service to selected network traffic over various LAN and WAN technologies. The primary goal of QoS is to provide flow priority, including dedicated bandwidth, controlled jitter and latency (required by some interactive and delay-sensitive traffic), and improved loss characteristics. While QoS has become an essential technology for those organizations rolling out a new generation of network applications such as real-time voice communications and high-quality video delivery, most of the literature available on this foundation technology for current and future business applications focuses on IP QoS. Equally important is the application of QoS in the campus LAN environment, which is primarily responsible for delivering traffic to the desktop. Cisco Catalyst QoS is the first book to concentrate exclusively on the application of QoS in the campus environment. This practical guide provides you with insight into the operation of QoS on the most popular and widely deployed LAN devices: the Cisco Catalyst family of switches. Leveraging the authors' extensive expertise at Cisco in the support of Cisco Catalyst switches and QoS deployment, the book presents QoS from the campus LAN perspective. It explains why QoS is essential in this environment in order to achieve a more deterministic behavior for traffic when implementing voice, video, or other delay-sensitive applications. Through architectural overviews, configuration examples, real-world deployment case studies, and summaries of common pitfalls, you will understand how QoS operates, the different components involved in making QoS possible, and how QoS can be implemented on the various Cisco Catalyst platforms to enable truly successful end-to-end QoS applications. This book is part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press, which offers networking professionals valuable information for constructing efficient networks, understanding new technologies, and building successful careers. About the Author Mike Flannagan , CCIE No. 7651, is a manager in the High Touch Technical Support (HTTS) group at Cisco Systems. Mike previously lead the creation and deployment of the QoS Virtual Team, which participated in the development of new QoS features for Cisco IOS Software and developed QoS strategies and implementation guidelines for some of the largest Cisco Enterprise customers. Richard Froom , CCIE No. 5102, is a software and QA engineer for the Financial Test Lab at Cisco Systems. He has been involved with Catalyst product field trials and has been crucial in driving troubleshooting capabilities of Catalyst products and software. Kevin Turek , CCIE No. 7284, is currently working as a network consulting engineer in the Cisco Federal Support Program in Research Triangle Park. As a member of the Cisco internal QoS virtual team, Kevin assists internal Cisco engineers and external Cisco customers with QoS deployment.

This Book Constitutes The Proceedings Of The 8th International Conference On Modelling Techniques And Tools For Computer Performance Evaluation (performance Tools '95) And Of The 8th Gi/itg Conference On Measuring, Modelling And Evaluating Computing And Communication Systems, Mmb '95, Held Jointly In Heidelberg, Germany In September 1995. The Volume Presents 26 Full Refereed Papers Selected From A Total Of 86 Submissions, Together With Two Invited Contributions. The Scope Of The Papers Includes Measurement- And Model-based Approaches For Quantitative Systems Assessment, Reports On Theoretical And Methodological Progress, And Novel And Improved Assessment Techniques And Their Tool Implementations And Applications. Evaluation Of A Cpu Scheduling Mechanism For Synchronized Multimedia Streams / Ralf Steinmetz And Lars C. Wolf -- An Application Of Smart2: A Tool For Performance Evaluation Of Relational Database Programs / Jihad Boulos And Didier Boudigue -- Measuring Fault Tolerance With The Ftape Fault Injection Tool / Timothy K. Tsai And Ravishankar K. Iyer -- Queueing Analysis Of Discrete-time Buffer Systems With Compound Arrival Process And Variable Service Capacity / Bart Vinck And Herwig Bruneel -- The Method Of Moments For Higher Moments And The Usefulness Of Formula Manipulation Systems / Martin Paterok, Peter Dauphin And Ulrich Herzog -- Integration Of Performance Evaluations In The Design Process Of Cpus And Computer Systems / Uwe Langer -- Information Requirements For Software Performance Engineering / Lloyd G. Williams And Connie U. Smith -- Integrating Behavioural And Simulation Modelling / Rob Pooley -- Assessment Of 3rd Generation Mobile Systems By Simulation / John Dunlop. Heinz Beilner, Falko Bause, Eds. Includes Bibliographical References.

I Wish To Welcome All Of You To The International Symposium On High Perf- Mance Computing 2000 (ishpc 2000) In The Megalopolis Of Tokyo. After Having Two Great Successes With Ishpc’97 (fukuoka, November 1997) And Ishpc’99 (kyoto, May 1999), Many People Have Requested That The Symposium Would Be Held In The Capital Of Japan And We Have Agreed. I Am Very Pleased To Serve As Conference Chair At A Time When High P- Formance Computing (hpc) Has A Signi?cant In?uence On Computer Science And Technology. In Particular, Hpc Has Had And Will Continue To Have A Signi?cant - Pact On The Advanced Technologies Of The “it” Revolution. The Many Conferences And Symposiums That Are Held On The Subject Around The World Are An Indication Of The Importance Of This Area And The Interest Of The Research Community. One Of The Goals Of This Symposium Is To Provide A Forum For The Discussion Of All Aspects Of Hpc (from System Architecture To Real Applications) In A More Informal And Personal Fashion. Today We Are Delighted To Have This Symposium, Which Includes Excellent Invited Talks, Tutorials And Workshops, As Well As High Quality Technical Papers. Invited Papers -- Instruction Level Distributed Processing: Adapting To Future Technology -- Macroservers: An Object-based Programming And Execution Model For Processor-in-memory Arrays -- The New Dram Interfaces: Sdram, Rdram And Variants -- Blue Gene -- Earth Simulator Project In Japan -- Compilers, Architectures And Evaluation -- Limits Of Task-based Parallelism In Irregular Applications -- The Case For Speculative Multithreading On Smt Processors -- Loop Termination Prediction -- Compiler-directed Cache Assist Adaptivity -- Skewed Data Partition And Alignment Techniques For Compiling Programs On Distributed Memory Multicomputers -- Processor Mechanisms For Software Shard Memory -- An Evaluation Of Page Aggregation Technique On Different Dsm Systems -- Nanothreads Vs. Fibers For The Support Of Fine Grain Parallelism On Windows Nt/2000 Platforms -- Algorithms, Models And Applications -- Partitioned Parallel Radix Sort --^ Transonic Wing Shape Optimization Based On Evolutionary Algorithms -- A Common Cfd Platform Upacs -- On Performance Modeling For Hpf Applications With Asl -- A “generalized K-tree-based Model To Sub-system Allocation” For Partitionable Multi-dimensional Mesh-connected Architectures -- An Analytic Model Or Communication Latency In Wormhole-switched K -ary N -cube Interconnection Networks With Digit-reversal Traffic -- Performance Sensitivity Of Routing Algorithms To Failures In Networks Of Workstations -- Short Papers -- Decentralized Load Balancing In Multi-node Broadcast Schemes For Hypercubes -- Design And Implementation Of An Efficient Thread Partitioning Algorithm -- A Flexible Routing Scheme For Networks Of Workstations -- Java Bytecode Optimization With Advanced Instruction Folding Mechanism -- Performance Evaluation Of A Java Based Chat System -- Multi-node Broadcasting In All-ported 3-d Wormhole-routed Torus Using Aggregation-then-distribution Strategy --^ On The Influence Of The Selection Function On The Performance Of Networks Of Workstations -- Combining In-transit Buffers With Optimized Routing Schemes To Boost The Performance Of Networks With Source Routing -- A Comparison Of Locality-based And Recency-based Replacement Policies -- The Filter Data Cache: A Tour Management Comparison With Related Split Data Cache Schemes Sensitive To Data Localities -- Global Magneto-hydrodynamic Simulations Of Differentially Rotating Accretion Disk By Astrophysical Rotational Plasma Simulator -- Exploring Multi-level Parallelism In Cellular Automata Networks -- Orgel: An Parallel Programming Language With Declarative Communication Streams -- Bs?ppp: Functional Bsp Programs On Enumerated Vectors -- Ability Of Classes Of Dataow Schemata With Timing Dependency -- A New Model Of Parallel Distributed Genetic Algorithms For Cluster Systems: Dual Individual Dgas -- International Workshop On Openmp: Experiences And Implementations (wompei) --^ An Introduction To Openmp 2.0 -- Implementation And Evaluation Of Openmp For Hitachi Sr8000 -- Performance Evaluation Of The Omni Openmp Compiler -- Leveraging Transparent Data Distribution In Openmp Via User-level Dynamic Page Migration -- Formalizing Openmp Performance Properties With Asl -- Automatic Generation Of Openmp Directives And Its Application To Computational Fluid Dynamics Codes -- Coarse-grain Task Parallel Processing Using The Openmp Backend Of The Oscar Multigrain Parallelizing Compiler -- Impact Of Openmp Optimizations For The Mgcg Method -- Quantifying Differences Between Openmp And Mpi Using A Large-scale Application Suite -- International Workshop On Simulation And Visualization (iwsv) -- Large Scale Parallel Direct Numerical Simulation Of A Separating Turbulent Boundary Layer Flow Over A Flat Plate Using Nal Numerical Wind Tunnel -- Characterization Of Disorderd Networks In Vitreous Sio2 And Its Rigidity By Molecular-dynamics Simulations On Parallel Computers --^ Direct Numerical Simulation Of Coherent Structure In Turbulent Open-channel Flows With Heat Transfer -- High Reynolds Number Computation For Turbulent Heat Transfer In A Pipe Flow -- Large-scale Simulation System And Advanced Photon Research -- Parallelization, Vectorization And Visualization Of Large Scale Plasma Particle Simulations And Its Application To Studies Of Intense Laser Interactions -- Fast Lic Image Generation Based On Significance Map -- Fast Isosurface Generation Using The Cell-edge Centered Propagation Algorithm -- Fast Ray-casting For Irregular Volumes -- A Study On The Effect Of Air On The Dynamic Motion Of A Mems Device And Its Shape Optimization -- A Distributed Rendering System “on Demand Rendering System”. Mateo Valero ... [et Al.] (eds.). Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

The need to evaluate computer and communication systems performance and dependability is continuously growing as a consequence of both the increasing complexity of systems and the user requirements in terms of timing behaviour. The 10th International Conference on Modelling Techniques and Tools for C- puter Performance Evaluation, held in Palma in September 1998, was organised with the aim of creating a forum in which both theoreticians and practitioners could interchange recent techniques, tools, and experiences in these areas. This meeting follows the predecessor conferences of this series: 1984 Paris 1988 Palma 1994 Wien 1985 Sophia Antipolis 1991 Torino 1995 Heidelberg 1987 Paris 1992 Edinburgh 1997 Saint Malo The tradition of this conference series continued this year where many high quality papers were submitted. The Programme Committee had a di cult task in selecting the best papers. Many ne papers could not be included in the program due to space constraints. All accepted papers are included in this volume. Also, a set of submissions describing performance modelling tools was transformed into tool presentations and demonstrations. A brief description of these tools is included in this volume. The following table gives the overall statistics for the submissions. Erscheinungsdatum: 26.08.1998

This text on high-performance computing includes coverage of the topics: applications; I/O and compilers; scientific computing; data and file management; interconnection networks; compilers; image and signal processing; distributed systems; algorithms; architecture; and parallel programming.

Annotation Contains 37 technical papers and overviews of five workshops, but none of the keynote addresses nor summaries of the panel sessions. Considers performance enhancement, simultaneous multi-threading, memory systems, instruction scheduling and speculation, cache coherence, SMP clusters, cache and input/output systems, communications issues, and shared memory. The workshops explore computer education, applications for network-based parallel computing, multi-thread execution architecture and compilation, parallel computing for irregular applications, and evaluating computer architecture using commercial workloads. No subject index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

<p><P>Foundations of Dependable Computing&#58; Models and Frameworks for Dependable Systems presents two comprehensive frameworks for reasoning about system dependability, thereby establishing a context for understanding the roles played by specific approaches presented in this book's two companion volumes. It then explores the range of models and analysis methods necessary to design, validate and analyze dependable systems. <br> A companion to this book (published by Kluwer), subtitled Paradigms for Dependable Applications, presents a variety of specific approaches to achieving dependability at the application level. Driven by the higher level fault models of Models and Frameworks for Dependable Systems, and built on the lower level abstractions implemented in a third companion book subtitled System Implementation, these approaches demonstrate how dependability may be tuned to the requirements of an application, the fault environment, and the characteristics of the target platform. Three classes of paradigms are considered&#58; protocol-based paradigms for distributed applications, algorithm-based paradigms for parallel applications, and approaches to exploiting application semantics in embedded real-time control systems. <br> Another companion book (published by Kluwer) subtitled System Implementation, explores the system infrastructure needed to support the various paradigms of Paradigms for Dependable Applications. Approaches to implementing support mechanisms and to incorporating additional appropriate levels of fault detection and fault tolerance at the processor, network, and operating system level are presented. A primary concern at these levels is balancing cost and performance against coverage and overall dependability. As these chapters demonstrate, low overhead, practical solutions are attainable and not necessarily incompatible with performance considerations. The section on innovative compiler support, in particular, demonstrates how the benefits of application specificity may be obtained while reducing hardware cost and run-time overhead.</p> <h3>Booknews</h3> <p>Explores the range of models and analysis methods necessary to design, validate, and analyze dependable systems. Presents two comprehensive frameworks for reasoning about system dependability, thereby establishing a context for understanding the roles played by specific approaches presented in two companion volumes (subtitled, respectively, Paradigms for Dependable Application and System Implementation--both Kluwer). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)</p>

<p>this Book Constitutes The Refereed Proceedings Of The Second International Conference On High Performance Embedded Architectures And Compilers, Hipeac 2007, Held In Ghent, Belgium, In January 2007. The 19 Revised Full Papers Presented Together With One Invited Keynote Paper Were Carefully Reviewed And Selected From 65 Submissions. The Papers Are Organized In Topical Sections.</p>

For undergraduate courses in assembly language programming and introductory courses in computer systems and computer architecture. This complete and fully updated study of assembly language for the IBM-PC teaches students how to write and debug programs at the machine level. Based on the Intel processor family, the text simplifies and demystifies concepts that students need to grasp before they can go on to more advanced computer architecture or operating systems courses.

Technological advances and the ever-shifting demands of the global marketplace have created an environment in which computer systems become obsolete at an astonishing rate. This book presents an easy-to-read, commonsense approach for designing flexible computer systems that address future requirements. Whether your existing system is a stand-alone PC, several workstations connected to a local-area network (LAN), or a traditional monolithic mainframe. What's Size Got to Do With It? will help you determine the right-size system for your needs. This book will be of value to students, technical managers, computer-oriented engineers, and information systems professionals. Using a systems-engineering-based approach, this book provides a comprehensive overview with helpful case studies that illustrate specific applications.

&>Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN) Fourth Edition Foundation learning for CCNP 642-812 BCMSN Richard Froom, CCIE(R) No. 5102Balaji SivasubramanianErum Frahim, CCIE No. 7549 Authorized Self-Study Guide: Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN), Fourth Edition, is a Cisco(R) authorized, self-paced learning tool for CCNP(R) switching foundation learning. You will learn how to create scalable multilayer switched networks by installing, configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting network infrastructure equipment for a campus switched network and integrate advanced technologies such as VoIP and wireless. This comprehensive book provides detailed information and easy-to-grasp tutorials on advanced skills in design, configuration, operation, and troubleshooting of enterprise level switched networks, including converged IP data, voice, and Airespace wireless LAN (WLAN) connectivity. The book assumes only a basic understanding of networking so it provides a great deal of detail on the topics covered. This book is ideal for certification candidates who are seeking a self-paced tool to learn the material covered in the latest BCMSN exam. Each chapter opens with the list of topics covered to clearly identify the focus of that chapter. At the end of each chapter, Study Tips list the main points related to the BCMSN exam. A summary of key concepts for quick study and review questions provide you with an opportunity to assess and reinforce your understanding of the material. Real-world case studies help illuminate theoretical concepts. In addition, chapters that cover Catalyst configurations also include configuration exercises. Most of these are small-scale exercises that can be performed on a single switch. The goal of using small-scale exercises is to enable network professionals to practice the configuration exercises with only a single switch. Richard Froom, CCIE(R) No. 5102, is a technical leader for the Data Center, Switching and Wireless (DSW), and Storage Area Networking (SAN) Test Lab at Cisco. Balaji Sivasubramanian, CCNP, is an escalation engineer for the Gigabit Switching Business Unit (GSBU) at Cisco. Erum Frahim, CCIE No. 7549, is a senior support engineer working for the Data Center, DSW, and SAN Test Lab at Cisco. Provides a thorough introduction to campus switched network construction, support, and security Explains the fundamentals of multilayer switched network design and specific design features such as Spanning Tree Protocol, quality of service (QoS), and high availability Covers virtual LAN (VLAN) and InterVLAN Routing implementation Incorporates wireless client access and configuring campus switches to support voice technologies Uses extensive configuration examples and diagrams to solidify the explanations of topics Presents self-assessment review questions, configuration exercises, chapter objectives and summaries, and study tips to ensure information recall Foreword Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction to Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks Chapter 2 The Roles of Switches in Designing Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks Chapter 3 Initial Configuration and Troubleshooting of Cisco Multilayer Switches Chapter 4 Implementing and Configuring VLANs Chapter 5 Understanding and Configuring the 802.1D, 802.1s, and 802.1w Spanning Tree Chapter 6 Adding Resiliency to Spanning Tree Using Advanced Features and Troubleshooting STP Issues Chapter 7 Enhancing Network Stability, Functionality, Reliability, and Performance Using Advanced Features Chapter 8 Understanding and Configuring Inter-VLAN Routing Chapter 9 Understanding and Configuring Multilayer Switching Chapter 10 Understanding and Implementing Quality of Service in Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks Chapter 11 Deploying Multicast in the Multilayer Switched Network Chapter 12 Design Network Resiliency, Redundancy, and High Availability in Multilayer Switched Networks Chapter 13 Best Practices for Deploying Cisco IP Telephony Using Cisco Catalyst Switches Chapter 14 Securing Your Multilayer Switched Network to Minimize Service Loss and Data Theft Chapter 15 Introduction to the Catalyst Switching Architectures Chapter 16 Designing, Building, and Connecting Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks Using Metro Solutions Chapter 17 Performance and Connectivity Troubleshooting Tools for Multilayer Switches Chapter 18 Introducing Wireless into the Campus Network Review Questions Appendix AAnswers to Review QuestionsIndex This volume is in the Certification Self-Study Series offered by Cisco Press(R). Books in this series provide officially developed self-study solutions to help networking professionals understand technology implementations and prepare for the Cisco Career Certifications examinations. Category: Cisco CertificationCovers: CCNP BCMSN Exam 642-812 $65.00 USA / $81.00 CAN

This Volume Contains The Proceedings Of The 12th International Conference On Computer Aided Veri?cation (cav 2000) Held In Chicago, Illinois, Usa During 15-19 July 2000. The Cav Conferences Are Devoted To The Advancement Of The Theory And Practice Of Formal Methods For Hardware And Software Veri?cation. The Con- Rence Covers The Spectrum From Theoretical Foundations To Concrete Applications, With An Emphasis On Veri?cation Algorithms, Methods, And Tools Together With Techniques For Their Implementation. The Conference Has Traditionally Drawn Contributions From Both Researchers And Practitioners In Academia And Industry. This Year 91 Regular Research Papers Were Submitted Out Of Which 35 Were - Cepted, While 14 Brief Tool Papers Were Submitted, Out Of Which 9 Were Accepted For Presentation. Cav Included Two Invited Talks And A Panel Discussion. Cav Also Included A Tutorial Day With Two Invited Tutorials. Many Industrial Companies Have Shown A Serious Interest In Cav, Ranging From Using The Presented Technologies In Their Business To Developing And M- Keting Their Own Formal Veri?cation Tools. We Are Very Proud Of The Support We Receive From Industry. Cav 2000 Was Sponsored By A Number Of Generous Andforward-lookingcompaniesandorganizationsincluding:cadencedesign- Stems, Ibm Research, Intel, Lucent Technologies, Mentor Graphics, The Minerva Center For Veri?cation Of Reactive Systems, Siemens, And Synopsys. Thecavconferencewasfoundedbyitssteeringcommittee:edmundclarke (cmu), Bob Kurshan (bell Labs), Amir Pnueli (weizmann), And Joseph Sifakis (verimag). Invited Talks And Tutorials -- Keynote Address: Abstraction, Composition, Symmetry, And A Little Deduction: The Remedies To State Explosion -- Invited Address: Applying Formal Methods To Cryptographic Protocol Analysis -- Invited Tutorial: Boolean Satisfiability Algorithms And Applications In Electronic Design Automation -- Invited Tutorial: Verification Of Infinite-state And Parameterized Systems -- Regular Papers -- An Abstraction Algorithm For The Verification Of Generalized C-slow Designs -- Achieving Scalability In Parallel Reachability Analysis Of Very Large Circuits -- An Automata-theoretic Approach To Reasoning About Infinite-state Systems -- Automatic Verification Of Parameterized Cache Coherence Protocols -- Binary Reachability Analysis Of Discrete Pushdown Timed Automata -- Boolean Satisfiability With Transitivity Constraints -- Bounded Model Construction For Monadic Second-order Logics -- Building Circuits From Relations --^ Combining Decision Diagrams And Sat Procedures For Efficient Symbolic Model Checking -- On The Completeness Of Compositional Reasoning -- Counterexample-guided Abstraction Refinement -- Decision Procedures For Inductive Boolean Functions Based On Alternating Automata -- Detecting Errors Before Reaching Them -- A Discrete Strategy Improvement Algorithm For Solving Parity Games -- Distributing Timed Model Checking — How The Search Order Matters -- Efficient Algorithms For Model Checking Pushdown Systems -- Efficient Büchi Automata From Ltl Formulae -- Efficient Detection Of Global Properties In Distributed Systems Using Partial-order Methods -- Efficient Reachability Analysis Of Hierarchical Reactive Machines -- Formal Verification Of Vliw Microprocessors With Speculative Execution -- Induction In Compositional Model Checking -- Liveness And Acceleration In Parameterized Verification -- Mechanical Verification Of An Ideal Incremental Abr Conformance Algorithm --^ Model Checking Continuous-time Markov Chains By Transient Analysis -- Model-checking For Hybrid Systems By Quotienting And Constraints Solving -- Prioritized Traversal: Efficient Reachability Analysis For Verification And Falsification -- Regular Model Checking -- Symbolic Techniques For Parametric Reasoning About Counter And Clock Systems -- Syntactic Program Transformations For Automatic Abstraction -- Temporal-logic Queries -- Are Timed Automata Updatable? -- Tuning Sat Checkers For Bounded Model Checking -- Unfoldings Of Unbounded Petri Nets -- Verification Diagrams Revisited: Disjunctive Invariants For Easy Verification -- Verifying Advanced Microarchitectures That Support Speculation And Exceptions -- Tool Papers -- Focs – Automatic Generation Of Simulation Checkers From Formal Specifications -- If: A Validation Environment For Timed Asynchronous Systems -- Integrating Ws1s With Pvs -- Pet: An Interactive Software Testing Tool -- A Proof-carrying Code Architecture For Java --^ The Statemate Verification Environment -- Taps: A First-order Verifier For Cryptographic Protocols -- Vinas-p: A Tool For Trace Theoretic Verification Of Timed Asynchronous Circuits -- Xmc: A Logic-programming-based Verification toolset. E. Allen Emerson, A. Prasad Sistla (eds.) Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

This volume of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series contains the set of papers accepted for publication at the colocated QofIS/ICQT 2002 workshops, i.e. the 3rd COST Action 263 International Workshop on Quality of future Internet Services (QofIS) and the 2nd International Workshop on Internet Charging and QoS Technology (ICQT), both of which took place at the ETH Zric h, Switzerland, hosted by the Computer Engineering and Networking Laboratory, TIK. QofIS 2002 was the third in a series of highly successful technical workshops and meetings on Internet services within the framework of the COST Action 263 Q uality of future Internet Services , following previous events in Berlin, Germany in 2000 and in Coimbra, Portugal in 2001. ICQT 2002 was the follow-up to a vivid and extremely well-attended workshop on Internet economics and charging technology that took place within the framework of the Annual Meeting of the German Society for Computer Science (GI) and the Austrian Computer Society in 2001 in Vienna, Austria. Erscheinungsdatum: 02.10.2002