Measuring and reporting performance of parallel computers constitutes the basis for
scientific advancement of high-performance computing (HPC). Most scientific reports show …

We propose a benchmarking strategy that is robust in the presence of timer error, OS jitter
and other environmental fluctuations, and is insensitive to the highly nonideal statistics …

In computer architecture research and development, simulation is a powerful way of
acquiring and predicting processor behaviors. While architectural simulation has been …

The Message Passing Interface (MPI) is the prevalent programming model used on today's
supercomputers. Therefore, MPI library developers are looking for the best possible …

Unit testing is an attractive quality management tool in the software development process,
however, practical obstacles make it difficult to use unit tests for performance testing. We …

Abstract Context The adoption of Business Process Management (BPM) is enabling
companies to improve the pace of building new capabilities, enhancing existing ones, and …

Evaluating the comprehensive performance of a warehouse-scale computer (WSC) has
been a long-standing challenge. Traditional load-testing benchmarks become ineffective …

Experiments with computer processors must account for the inherent variability in
executions. Prior work has shown that real systems exhibit variability, and random effects …

Service collaboration is important in service-oriented architecture (SOA). While service
collaboration protocols for data exchange are well explored, the dynamic process …

Performance regressions can have a drastic impact on the usability of a software
application. The crucial task of localizing such regressions can be achieved using bisection …