Software performance modeling using computation structures

1 December 1975

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Vol. SE-1 (4) , 414-420
https://doi.org/10.1109/TSE.1975.6312874

Abstract

An engineering-oriented performance model of a computation is developed by extending the concept of a computation structure to cover the performance costs appropriate to software modelling. The model allows both serial and parallel (multiprocessor) configurations,and the evaluation of both time space parameters for alternate realizations. A brief discussion on the use of the model as a mechanism to guide the performance optimisation of programs is included.

Keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODELING
PARALLEL PROCESSING
COMPUTERS
FLOW GRAPHS
PROBABILISTIC LOGIC
ORGANIZATIONS
SOFTWARE