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Performance Evaluation

(ISSN 1872-745X)

Aims & Scope

Performance Evaluation functions as a leading journal in the area of modeling, measurement, and evaluation of performance aspects of computing and communication systems. As such, it aims to present a balanced and complete view of the entire Performance Evaluation profession. Hence, the journal is interested in papers that focus on one or more of the following dimensions:

Define new performance evaluation tools, including measurement and monitoring tools as well as modeling and analytic techniques

Provide new insights into the performance of computing and communication systems

Introduce new application areas where performance evaluation tools can play an important role and creative new uses for performance evaluation tools.

More specifically, common application areas of interest include the performance of:

Resource allocation and control methods and algorithms (e.g. routing and flow control in networks, bandwidth allocation, processor scheduling, memory management)

System architecture, design and implementation

Cognitive radio

VANETs

Social networks and media

Energy efficient ICT

Energy harvesting

Data centers

Data centric networks

System reliability

System tuning and capacity planning

Wireless and sensor networks

Autonomic and self-organizing systems

Embedded systems

Network science

Further, common performance evaluation tools of interest include:

queueing theory

scheduling theory

simulation methods

data analysis

measurement techniques (e.g. software and hardware monitors) and workload characterization

stochastic geometry

large deviations

mean-field theory

game theory and equilibrium analysis

Note that the above lists are not all inclusive or restrictive and submissions with creative applications of performance evaluation tools outside of those above and/or applications outside of those above are also welcome.

A variety of types of submissions are possible, including: original work, tutorials & surveys, news items and short communications.

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