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A workload model representative of static and dynamic characteristics

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A technique to implement a workload model that must be representative of both static and dynamic characteristics of a workload is presented. The main goal of this work is the construction of a representative and compact artificial workload model. The approach taken is first to assign the set of workload components to classes having homogeneous static (i.e., load-independent) characteristics using clustering and then to model the dynamic sequence of components execution with a suitable stochastic process. The representativeness of such a workload model may be verified applying the physically or the function-oriented criteria for the static aspects and the performance-oriented criterion for the dynamic aspects considered. The results of an experimental application of this technique to model the workload of a university environment are presented.

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  1. Istituto Analisi Numerica CNR, Palazzo Università, 27100, Pavia, Italy

    M. Calzarossa & G. Serazzi

  2. Istituto Cibernetica, Università, 20133, Milano, Italy

    M. Italiani

  3. Dipartimento Informatica e Sistemistica, Università, 27100, Pavia, Italy

    G. Serazzi

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This work was partially supported by the “Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione” of Italy and by the HUSPI Project

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Calzarossa, M., Italiani, M. & Serazzi, G. A workload model representative of static and dynamic characteristics. Acta Informatica 23, 255–266 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00289113

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