Computer performance evaluation. Modelling techniques and tools. 13th international conference, TOOLS 2003, Urbana, IL, USA, September 2--5, 2003. Proceedings (Q1413057)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. The preceding conference has been reviewed (see Zbl 0992.00046). Indexed articles: \textit{Lenzini, L.; Meini, B.; Mingozzi, E.; Stea, G.}, An M/G/1 queuing system with multiple vacations to assess the performance of a simplified deficit round robin model., 134-151 [Zbl 1274.68032] \textit{Harrison, Peter.; Zertal, Soraya}, Queueing models with maxima of service times., 152-168 [Zbl 1274.68031] \textit{Osogami, Takayuki; Harchol-Balter, Mor}, Necessary and sufficient conditions for representing general distributions by Coxians., 182-199 [Zbl 1274.60040] \textit{Osogami, Takayuki; Harchol-Balter, Mor}, A closed-form solution for mapping general distributions to minimal PH distributions., 200-217 [Zbl 1274.60041] \textit{Buchholz, Peter}, An EM-algorithm for MAP fitting from real traffic data., 218-236 [Zbl 1274.60270] \textit{Heindl, Armin; Mitchell, Ken; van de Liefvoort, Appie}, The correlation region of second-order maps with application to queueing network decomposition., 237-254 [Zbl 1274.60264]