Table of Contents

1. Modeling Multiprocessor Architectures 2. Instrumentation Systems for Parallel Tools 3. A Methodology for the Performance Modeling Cache-Coherent Multiprocessors 4. Memory Management and Speedup Issues in Parallel Simulation 5. Load Balancing Strategies for Parallel Simulation on a Multiprocessor Machine 6. Stochastic Petrinets: Introduction and Applications to the Modeling of Computer and Communication Systems 7. Evaluation and Design of Benchmark Suites 8. Hierarchical Architecture Simulation Environment 9. An Object-Oriented Environment for Parallel Discrete-Event Simulation 10. Performance Evaluation Using Micro-Benchmarking and Machine Analysis 11. Tracing Nondeterministic Programs on Shared Memory Multiprocessors 12. Stochastic Process Algebras: A New Approach to Performance Modeling