PEPA nets: a structured performance modelling formalism

  • Authors:
  • Stephen Gilmore;Jane Hillston;Leila Kloul;Marina Ribaudo

  • Affiliations:
  • Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, Scotland, UK;Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, Scotland, UK;Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, Scotland, UK;Dipartimento di Informatica e Scienze dell'Informazione, Università di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 35, 16146 Genoa, Italy

  • Venue:
  • Performance Evaluation - Modelling techniques and tools for computer performance evaluation
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

In this paper we describe a formalism which uses the stochastic process algebra PEPA as the inscription language for labelled stochastic Petri nets. Viewed in another way, the net is used to provide a structure for linking related PEPA systems. The combined modelling language naturally represents such applications as mobile code systems where the PEPA terms are used to model the program code which moves between network hosts (the places in the net). We describe, the implementation of a tool to support this modelling formalism and apply this to model a hierarchical cellular network.