BWQUE - Interactive program for computer performance evaluation

  • Authors:
  • Ricardo F. Garzia

  • Affiliations:
  • The Babcock & Wilcox Company, North Canton, Ohio

  • Venue:
  • WSC '83 Proceedings of the 15th conference on Winter simulation - Volume 1
  • Year:
  • 1983

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Abstract

BWQUE is an interactive queueing modeling package for computer performance evaluation; similar packages are available on the market, but BWQUE have special features, e.g., more general channel configuration, class priorities to any device, etc. The program is written in APL and carries some FORTRAN subroutines. This combination has been selected to make a more efficient program. It is completely interactive and also allows the automatic execution of commands stored in TSO files. It allows the user to enter descriptions of several job classes which are independent of how busy the system is and calculates the queueing delays to get response times and throughputs for each class. The user can quickly see which classes and devices are causing the delays, make changes to simulate upgrading the system, heavier job loads, etc., and find out how these changes will effect performance.