From the World Wide Web to supply chains and scientific simulations, distributed systems are a widely used and important approach to building computational systems. Tracking prov...
This paper describes a simulation model of a large beverage distribution center. The brewery distribution center has a volume of 71,600 cubic meters and contains about 8,000 palle...
: The specification of the dynamic behaviour of reactive distributed systems must exhibit the structures of control and has to imply explicitly the relevant aspects of the distribu...
Abstract—Functional flow block diagrams (FFBDs) are a traditional tool of systems engineering and remain popular in some systems engineering domains. However, their lack of form...
Allan I. McInnes, Brandon K. Eames, Russell J. Gro...
We describe a methodology that enables the real-time diagnosis of performance problems in complex high-performance distributed systems. The methodology includes tools for generati...
Brian Tierney, William E. Johnston, Brian Crowley,...