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EXPCS
2007
13 years 6 months ago
Pipeline spectroscopy
Pipeline Spectroscopy is a new technique that allows us to measure the cost of each cache miss. The cost of a miss is displayed (graphed) as a histogram, which represents a precis...
Thomas R. Puzak, Allan Hartstein, Philip G. Emma, ...
EXPCS
2007
13 years 8 months ago
EXACT: the experimental algorithmics computational toolkit
In this paper, we introduce EXACT, the EXperimental Algorithmics Computational Toolkit. EXACT is a software framework for describing, controlling, and analyzing computer experimen...
William E. Hart, Jonathan W. Berry, Robert T. Heap...
EXPCS
2007
13 years 8 months ago
Towards user-centric metrics for denial-of-service measurement
To date, the measurement of user-perceived degradation of quality of service during denial of service (DoS) attacks remained an elusive goal. Current approaches mostly rely on low...
Jelena Mirkovic, Alefiya Hussain, Brett Wilson, So...
EXPCS
2007
13 years 8 months ago
Rapid file system development using ptrace
Developing kernel-level file systems is a difficult task that requires a significant time investment. For experimental file systems, it is desirable to develop a prototype before ...
Richard P. Spillane, Charles P. Wright, Gopalan Si...
EXPCS
2007
13 years 8 months ago
Empirical performance assessment using soft-core processors on reconfigurable hardware
Simulation has been the de facto standard method for performance evaluation of newly proposed ideas in computer architecture for many years. While simulation allows for theoretica...
Richard Hough, Praveen Krishnamurthy, Roger D. Cha...
EXPCS
2007
13 years 8 months ago
Performance testing of combinatorial solvers with isomorph class instances
Combinatorial optimization problems expressed as Boolean constraint satisfaction problems (BCSPs) arise in several contexts, ranging from the classical unate set-packing problems ...
Franc Brglez, Jason A. Osborne
EXPCS
2007
13 years 8 months ago
Experimental economics and experimental computer science: a survey
In surprisingly many computer science research projects, system outcomes may be influenced by computerized or human agents with different economic incentives. Such studies include...
Jens Grossklags
EXPCS
2007
13 years 8 months ago
An analysis of XML compression efficiency
XML simplifies data exchange among heterogeneous computers, but it is notoriously verbose and has spawned the development of many XML-specific compressors and binary formats. We p...
Christopher J. Augeri, Dursun A. Bulutoglu, Barry ...
EXPCS
2007
13 years 8 months ago
RiceNIC: a reconfigurable network interface for experimental research and education
The evaluation of new network server architectures is usually performed experimentally using either a simulator or a hardware prototype. Accurate simulation of the hardwaresoftwar...
Jeffrey Shafer, Scott Rixner