Organization

Exam:

Oral exams are conducted on April 1 and April 29. In order to register for them, please contact our secretary Mrs. Gerber (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., room 36-430)

Lectures:

On Wednesdays, 10:00-11:30, in room 36-438

Exercises:

On Tuesdays, 15:30-17:00, in room 36-438 (exact dates are announced below)

Contact:

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Schmitt
M.Sc. Paul Nikolaus
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Course Overview

The objective of this lecture is to introduce performance modeling of complex distributed systems.

  • Server dimensioning of planned systems
  • Quality of service guarantees in distributed systems
  • Resource management in distributed systems

The focus will be on different analytical methods for performance modeling, namely stochastic network calculus (SNC) with

  • Moment generating functions (MGFs)
  • Tail bounds

Material & Slides

The slides are only accessible from within the university network (131.246.*). You can use SSH or VPN for remote access.

Chapter Title Last Update Slides
 0  Organization Oct 24, 2018 PDF
1  Introduction Oct 30, 2018  PDF 
2  Probability Basics Nov 28, 2018 PDF  annotated
3  SNC with Moment Generating Functions Jan 23, 2019 PDF  annotated
4  SNC with Tail Bounds Jan 30, 2019 PDF  annotated

Script

We will provide a script in the further course. Be aware that it might undergo many changes and hence should never be seen as a "final version".

Last Update Changelog Script
 Mar 28, 2019  Fixed typo in the proof of Theorem 3.39, thx Bruno for pointing at it :-)  PDF 

For those who are curious about what previous StocADS-lectures looked like, you can check out Michael's Script.

Exercises

The exercise sheets are only accessible from within the university network (131.246.*). You can use SSH or VPN for remote access.

Sheet Day Submission Deadline Exercise Download
1 Nov 20, 2018 10.30am 3.30pm PDF
2 Dec 04, 2018 10.30am 3.30pm PDF
3 Jan 15, 2019 10.30am 3.30pm PDF
4 Jan 22, 2019 10.30am 3.30pm PDF
5 Feb 05, 2019 10.30am 3.30pm PDF

Literature

  • Cheng-Shang Chang, Performance Guarantees in Communication Networks. Springer, 2000.
  • Yuming Jiang, Stochastic Network Calculus. Springer, 2008.

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