Foundations and Concepts of Software Physics,

Abstract

Kolence's theory of the performance of computing systems is restated. In this development, the basic subsystems are reduced to two: logical subconfigurations and software units. These and the three fundamental variables, work, time and storage occupancy are all defined using as a basis a single logical construct, the set of instantaneous descriptions of instruction executions. Basic results are given for time relationships (utilizations and concurrency levels), work relationships (distribution numbers), and work and time relationships (absolute power and relative power) are derived. Interpretation of variables used in other approaches in software physics terms are indicated. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA102991

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People

  • K. W. Kolence
  • R. P. Kovach

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Clocks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Instruction Set Architecture
  • Machines
  • Mass Storage
  • Measurement
  • Notation
  • Operating Systems
  • Physics
  • Queueing Theory
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Symbols
  • Time Intervals
  • Workload

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  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Statistical inference.
  • Theoretical Analysis.