OSSL: a specialized language for simulating computer systems

  • Authors:
  • Prem Bhushan Dewan;C. E. Donaghey;Joe B. Wyatt

  • Affiliations:
  • Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi;University of Houston, Houston, Texas;University of Houston, Houston, Texas

  • Venue:
  • AFIPS '72 (Spring) Proceedings of the May 16-18, 1972, spring joint computer conference
  • Year:
  • 1971

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Abstract

The need for evaluating the performance of contemporary computer systems is well recognized by the manufacturers as well as the users of these systems. The evaluation is difficult because of the complexities and sophistication of the computer hardware and software system design. The computer manufacturers have produced an abundance of literature encompassing somewhat subjective evaluations of their products. Unfortunately, relatively little effort has been directed by the manufacturer toward the development of generalizable scientific tools for the purpose of a quantified evaluation of the performance of computer systems operating in a specified environment. The need for such generalizable scientific tools for studying the behavior of a given computer system in a specified environment can hardly be over-emphasized.