Performance Analysis and Optimization via Simulation
Författare
Summary, in English
Load sharing is the process of distributing the total load among the processors in a system. Improvements of different load sharing algorithms in distributed systems are proposed and evaluated by different simulation techniques.
The mathematical model formalism, which is a very general and dense formalism for defining and describing mathematical models, is also presented. The formalism, which has been extensively used herein, is based on a few simple and well-known concepts, that are exact, easy to use, learn and understand. It provides people, working with mathematical models, with a ``standardized'' language.
The Adaptive Cross Validation method is a very general method to increase the effectiveness of simulation as an optimization tool for all types of dynamical systems. A number of simulation models are executed in parallel with a real system or a model of a system. The simulation results are analyzed to be able to change the system parameters in real-time. This approach makes it possible to use more realistic queueing models without making any assumptions about, for example, the interarrival times and service time distributions involved. The method has successfully been applied to real-time control and design of several types of communication systems.
Finally, another novel simulation method for modular optimization, which assumes stationary stochastic processes, is presented. The method is used for dimensioning a circuit switched network with arbitrarily modular link.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
1996
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Reports on Communication Systems
Dokumenttyp
Doktorsavhandling
Förlag
Department of Communication Systems, Lund University
Ämne
- Communication Systems
Nyckelord
- simulation
- performance analysis
- load sharing
- mathematical model formalism
- real-time control
- design
- Telecommunication engineering
- modular optimization
- circuit switched networks
- Telekommunikationsteknik
Status
Published
Handledare
- [unknown] [unknown]
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1101-3931
- ISRN: LUTEDX/TETS--1029--SE+96P
Försvarsdatum
25 september 1996
Försvarstid
10:15
Försvarsplats
Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
Opponent
- Villy Baek Iversen (Prof.)