A Survey of Miss-Ratio Curve Construction Techniques

Miss-ratio curve (MRC), or equivalently hit-ratio curve (HRC), construction techniques have recently gathered the attention of many researchers. Recent advancements have allowed for approximating these curves in constant time, allowing for online working-set-size (WSS) measurement. Techniques span the algorithmic design paradigm from classic dynamic programming to arti cial intelligence inspired techniques. Our survey produces broad classi cation of the current techniques primarily based on what locality metric is being recorded and how that metric is stored for processing. Applications of theses curves span from dynamic cache partitioning in the processor, to improving block allocation at the operating system level. Our survey will give an overview of the historical, exact MRC construction methods, and compare them with the stateof-the-art methods present in today’s literature. In addition, we will show where there are still open areas of research and remain excited to see what this domain can produce with a strong theoretical background.