Performance analysis
This course teaches performance analysis of modern computer and communication systems. Course contents are stochastics, single-server queues, multi-server queueing systems, queueing networks and resource sharing.
Schedule:
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Teaching time:
Daytime
Location:
Espoo
Topic:
Information and communications technology
Form of learning:
Exam
On-campus
Provider:
Aalto University, FITech
Level:
Advanced
Credits:
5 By Aalto University (ECTS)
Fee:
Free of charge
Target group and prerequisites
Basic knowledge of modelling and analysis of communication networks.
Course description
This course teaches performance analysis of modern computer and communication systems.
Course contents
- Recap of prerequisities
- Stochastics: Conditional expectation. Phase-type distributions. Reversibility. Regenerative processes.
- Single-server queues: M/G/1-FIFO queue. M/G/1-PS queue. Optimal scheduling problem. Applications.
- Multi-server queueing systems: Separability. Optimal dispatching problem. Applications.
- Queueing networks: Open queueing networks. Closed queueing networks. Applications.
- Resource sharing: Max-min fairness, Alpha-fairness, Balanced fairness. Applications.
Learning outcomes
After the course, the student
- is able to apply Markov processes and regenerative processes to model various computer and communication systems;
- is able to construct, analyse and optimise stochastic queueing models to evaluate the performance of the system;
- comprehends selected applications of the performance analysis of modern computer and communication systems.
Course material
Lecture slides (online)
Teaching schedule
- Lectures Tue and Thu at 9-12
- Exercises Wed at 16-18
- Exam on 1.6.2022 at 16.30–19.30
Completion methods
Examination (100%), exercises.
Application deadline: 11.4.2022.
