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Experiences in benchmarking for the selection of an interactive system
Author(s) -
Lang T.,
Newbury J. P.,
Watkins D. E. P.
Publication year - 1982
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.4380120605
Subject(s) - benchmark (surveying) , benchmarking , computer science , compiler , selection (genetic algorithm) , industrial engineering , machine learning , programming language , engineering , geodesy , marketing , business , geography
The paper describes how a benchmark was constructed to assist in the selection of a general purpose interactive computing system. Because no existing user programs were available, a ‘synthetic’ program was constructed to load the different parts of the system, and the program embodied into a job script with edit, compile and run phases. The calculation of the program and job parameters were successfully derived from the operational requirements. The problems of running the benchmark and analysing the results are also described. The results of the exercise contributed significantly to obtaining a satisfactory system and show a reasonable correlation with subsequent system usage.