A comparative analysis of disk scheduling policies
Communications of the ACM
The computational metaphor and quantum physics
Communications of the ACM
A critical overview of computer performance evaluation
ICSE '76 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Software engineering
The measurement of software science parameters in software designs
Proceedings of the 1981 ACM workshop/symposium on Measurement and evaluation of software quality
Experiments & measurements in computing
SIGME '73 Proceedings of the 1973 ACM SIGME symposium
An experimental determination of the "purity" of a trivial algorithm
ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review
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The concept that a software physics corresponding to the natural physics at the basic conceptual level exists is explored and a basic constitutive definition for the nature of software offered. Using this definition, a criterion for finding certain types of conservation laws in software physics is proposed. Applying these ideas to the problems of computer performance measurements, proposed definitions for software energy, work, force and power are offered. The results of a single experiment are provided to support the hypotheses, and further experimental verification called for.