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A case study effort to model distributed computer-aided engineering environments is presented. Typical environments will be hosted on graphics workstations communicating over a local-area-network and supported by one or more file-servers. The paper describes our initial attempts at quantifying performance of alternate architectures being proposed for these engineering environments. Specifically, we focus on predicting workstation performance as a function of local memory. The modeling approach includes Generalized Stochastic Petri Nets (GSPN), Multiclass (BCMP) Queueing Networks, and an experimental method of measuring program characteristics for input parameter estimation.
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Barack, R.A., Gerolimatos, M.K.V., Lemoine, A.J. et al. Workstation performance as a function of local memory in distributed environments. Queueing Syst 7, 63–99 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01158786
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