Learning to sample: Exploiting similarities across environments to learn performance models for configurable systems

P Jamshidi, M Velez, C Kästner… - … of the 2018 26th ACM Joint …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Most software systems provide options that allow users to tailor the system in terms of
functionality and qualities. The increased flexibility raises challenges for understanding the …

Data-efficient performance learning for configurable systems

J Guo, D Yang, N Siegmund, S Apel, A Sarkar… - Empirical Software …, 2018 - Springer
Many software systems today are configurable, offering customization of functionality by
feature selection. Understanding how performance varies in terms of feature selection is key …

Whence to learn? transferring knowledge in configurable systems using beetle

R Krishna, V Nair, P Jamshidi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As software systems grow in complexity and the space of possible configurations increases
exponentially, finding the near-optimal configuration of a software system becomes …

Transfer learning for performance modeling of configurable systems: An exploratory analysis

P Jamshidi, N Siegmund, M Velez… - 2017 32nd IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modern software systems provide many configuration options which significantly influence
their non-functional properties. To understand and predict the effect of configuration options …

Mastering uncertainty in performance estimations of configurable software systems

J Dorn, S Apel, N Siegmund - Proceedings of the 35th IEEE/ACM …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Understanding the influence of configuration options on performance is key for finding
optimal system configurations, system understanding, and performance debugging. In prior …

Sampling effect on performance prediction of configurable systems: A case study

J Alves Pereira, M Acher, H Martin… - Proceedings of the ACM …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Numerous software systems are highly configurable and provide a myriad of configuration
options that users can tune to fit their functional and performance requirements (eg …

Performance-influence models for highly configurable systems

N Siegmund, A Grebhahn, S Apel… - Proceedings of the 2015 …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
Almost every complex software system today is configurable. While configurability has many
benefits, it challenges performance prediction, optimization, and debugging. Often, the …

White-box analysis over machine learning: Modeling performance of configurable systems

M Velez, P Jamshidi, N Siegmund… - 2021 IEEE/ACM …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Performance-influence models can help stakeholders understand how and where
configuration options and their interactions influence the performance of a system. With this …

Tradeoffs in modeling performance of highly configurable software systems

S Kolesnikov, N Siegmund, C Kästner… - Software & Systems …, 2019 - Springer
Modeling the performance of a highly configurable software system requires capturing the
influences of its configuration options and their interactions on the system's performance …

Analysing the Impact of Workloads on Modeling the Performance of Configurable Software Systems

S Mühlbauer, F Sattler, C Kaltenecker… - 2023 IEEE/ACM 45th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modern software systems often exhibit numerous configuration options to tailor them to user
requirements, including the system's performance behavior. Performance models derived …