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A philosophy to system measurement

Published:05 December 1972Publication History

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Although a great deal of emphasis has been placed on system measurement during the past few years, each of us has his own opinion and ideas as to what it means. From a practical and immediate point of view, System Measurement is the process of obtaining useful information on the performance of software and software-controlled computer hardware. From the same viewpoint, System Measurement is the key to system efficiency. The measurement tools currently available commercially are normally artificially classed as either hardware or software, based on whether they are constructed with electronics or software elements. This particular distinction is rather meaningless to the user since what is being measured and how useful the measurements are, is of far more importance.

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    AFIPS '72 (Fall, part II): Proceedings of the December 5-7, 1972, fall joint computer conference, part II
    December 1972
    692 pages
    ISBN:9781450379137
    DOI:10.1145/1480083

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    • Published: 5 December 1972

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