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APET—A versatile tool for estimating computer application performance
Author(s) -
Baird R.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380030411
Subject(s) - yardstick , benchmark (surveying) , measure (data warehouse) , computer science , software , computer applications , computer program , order (exchange) , software engineering , operating system , embedded system , database , mathematics , geometry , public relations , geodesy , political science , geography , finance , economics
This article describes a technique for controlling computer system activity in order to measure selected hardware or software functions, as they interact within an application under real operating conditions. APET is an approach for manufacturing synthetic benchmark or yardstick programs that exercise the computer system.