Structural validation in queueing network models of computer systems

• Authors: Hiroshi Muramatsu;Masahiro Date;Takanori Maki
• Venue: ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review
• Year: 1981

Queueing network models have established their role in performance evaluation of computer systems [1]. These models have a sound theoretical background, and require less computational effort than other techniques. And they have proved to be practical in many case studies. Evaluation using simple models is powerful, especially in predicting system behaviour, and makes the internal structure of computer systems more understandable than evaluation using benchmarks. However, the modeling approach forces us to validate the model. Queueing network models are no exception to this point.