This book covers ideas, methods, algorithms, and tools for the in-depth
study of the performance and reliability of dependable fault-tolerant
systems. The chapters identify the current challenges that designers and
practitioners must confront to ensure the reliability, availability, and
performance of systems, with special focus on their dynamic behaviors
and dependencies. Topics include network calculus, workload and
scheduling; simulation, sensitivity analysis and applications; queuing
networks analysis; clouds, federations and big data; and tools. This
collection of recent research exposes system researchers, performance
analysts, and practitioners to a spectrum of issues so that they can
address these challenges in their work.