Organization
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News: |
New exam dates. |
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Exam: |
The next oral exams can be taken on July 3 and August 4. For a registration, please contact our secretary Mrs. Gerber (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) |
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Lecture: |
Mondays, 10:00-11:30 in room 36-438 (seminar room) |
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Exercises: |
Mondays, 13:45-15:15 in room 36-438 (will always be announced) |
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Contact: |
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Schmitt |
Course Overview
The objective of this lecture is to introduce the art of performance-related modeling of distributed systems. We will use worst-case assumptions in order to obtain robust results.
Lecture Slides
The lecture material is only accessible from within the university network (131.246.*). Please use SSH or VPN for remote access.
| Chapter | Title | Last Update | Slides |
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| 0 | Organization | Oct 29, 2019 | |
| 1 | Introduction | Oct 30, 2019 | |
| 2 | Min-Plus Algebra Primer | Nov 18, 2019 | PDF annotated |
| 3 | Network Calculus Basics | Jan 13, 2020 | PDF annotated one_slide_to_rule |
| 4 | Advanced Network Calculus | Feb 03, 2020 | PDF annotated network_analysis |
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 |
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| June 1, 2020 | Improved explanation in Section 4.3 Feedback Systems |
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 |
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| 1 | Nov 18, 2019 | Submission is optional | 13:45 | |
| 2 | Dec 16, 2019 | 9.59am | 13:45 | PDF data_set |
| 3 | Jan 13, 2020 | 9.59am | 13:45 | |
| 4 | Feb 10, 2020 | 9.59am | 13:45 |
Literature
- Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Patrick Thiran. Network Calculus. Springer, 2001. (Also →available online)
- Cheng-Shang Chang, Performance Guarantees in Communication Networks. Springer, 2000.
- Anne Bouillard, Marc Boyer, and Euriell Le Corronc. Deterministic Network Calculus: From Theory to Practical Implementation. John Wiley & Sons, 2018.
- Jörg Liebeherr. Duality of the Max-Plus and Min-Plus Network Calculus. Foundations and Trends® in Networking 11, 2017.
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