Title :
The Performability Tool P´ility
Author :
Cloth, Lucia ; Haverkort, Boudewijn R.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electr. Eng., Math. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Twente, Enschede
Abstract :
The performability distribution is the distribution of accumulated reward in a Markov reward model (MRM) with state reward rates. Since its introduction, several algorithmsfor the numerical evaluation of the performability distribution have been proposed. Many of these algorithmsonly solve specialised MRMs, for example, with only 0 and 1 as reward rates or compute the expected value of the accumulated reward. The P´ility tool implements four algorithms that allow for the computation of the performability distribution in its full generality.
Keywords :
Markov processes; statistical distributions; Markov reward model; P´ility tool; numerical evaluation; performability distribution; performability tool; state reward rates; Computer science; Distributed computing; Information technology; Mathematical model; Mathematics; Performance evaluation; Sampling methods; Steady-state; Telematics; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Quantitative Evaluation of Systems, 2008. QEST '08. Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
St. Malo
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3360-5
DOI :
10.1109/QEST.2008.27