期刊名称：The International Arab Journal of Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：1683-3198
出版年度：2011
卷号：8
期号：1
出版社：Zarqa Private University
摘要：The computing of stochastic bounds has become an efficient technique to obtain performance predictions for computer systems by the mean of Markovian models. However, the quality of these bounds may be affected by several properties related not only to how to use the technique but also to the Markovian model itself. On the other hand, multiprocessor systems have become an efficient and widely used infrastructure to run several critical-life applications. In this paper, we describe how to calculate a stochastic bound for the multiprocessor system availability. We focus on the irreducibility of the model to show how it might influence the quality of bounds.
关键词：Stochastic bounds; multiprocessor system; availability; irreducibility; and Markov chain
