Required reading:

  1. David Lilja, Measuring Computer Performance: A Practitioner's Guide, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Other recommended books:

    Some books below are on reserve at the Fenwick library. Their call numbers are listed below.

  1. Raj Jain, The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis, John Wiley, 1991, ISBN: 0-471-50336-3. Please download the errata. Call number: QA76.9.E94 J32 1991
  2. P. Cohen, Empirical Methods for Artifical Inteligence, MIT Press, 1995. Call number: Q335.7.C64 1995
  3. I. Miller, J. Freund, R. Johnson, Probability and Statistics for Engineers, Sixth Edition, Prentice Hall, 2000, ISBN: 0-13-014158-5. Call number: TA340 .J66 2011
  4. David M. Levine, Patricia P. Ramsey, Robert K. Smidt, Applied Statistics for Engineers and Scientists: Using Microsoft Excel & MINITAB, Prentice Hall, 2001, ISBN: 0134888014. Call number: TA340 .L49 2001
  5. D. A. Menasce, V. Almeida, and L. W. Dowdy, Performance by Design: computer capacity planning by example, Prentice Hall, 2004.
  6. D. A. Menasce and V. Almeida, Capacity Planning for Web Services: metrics, models, and methods, Prentice Hall, 2002.
  7. D. A. Menasce and V. Almeida, Scaling for E-Business: technologies, models, performance, and capacity planning, Prentice Hall, 2000.