The efficiency of a large-scale parallel computer is critically dependent on the performance of its interconnection network. Analytical modelling plays an important role towards obtaining a clear understanding of network performance under various design spaces. This paper proposes an analytical performance model for circuit-switched hypercubes in the presence of multiple time-scale correlated t...

A fundamental aspect of the design of an embedded system is the prediction of its performance in terms of timing, memory, or energy early in the design process. The objective of this task, typically referred to as systemlevel performance evaluation, is twofold. On one hand, it is instrumental for pre-validating a system design before any resources are invested for the actual implementation and,...

OBJECTIVE To test whether epileptic seizure prediction algorithms have true predictive power, their performance must be compared with the one expected under well-defined null hypotheses. For this purpose, analytical performance estimates and seizure predictor surrogates were introduced. We here extend the Monte Carlo framework of seizure predictor surrogates by introducing alarm times surrogate...

In this paper, we study the performance of the cumulative Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) in IEEE 802.16 networks. An analytical model is developed to investigate some important performance metrics, such as protocol data unit (PDU) delivery delay, service data unit (SDU) delivery delay, and goodput. A general scheduling scheme and the flexible retransmission of lost PDUs are jointly considered i...