Performance Evaluation; Richard R. Shively (p. 12) “Economics is, of course, a primary incentive for performance analysis. Growth in computing service cost as a percentage of the total budget has prompted many corporations and universities to focus attention on this subject.” (p. 14) “The growing flexibility of options and configurations in computer systems has stimulated the user and architect alike to devote more effort to modeling and measurement as a basis for decisions. … Other factors which have influenced interest in performance analysis include a) the necessity of performance projection in hardware development, particularly due to the high initial costs of circuit integration, and b) an analogous need in complex software development projects to establish feasibility and to minimize reprogramming effort.” [Editor’s note: The following articles represent different aspects of performance evaluation. All of them deal with issues that still play a role today.]

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