Journal
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 12, Issue 23, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app122312385
Keywords
simulation analysis; performance analysis; workload characterization; Timed Colored Petri Nets; event generator
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This article introduces the use of simulation models for planning and dimensioning web systems, and proposes the Timed Colored Petri Nets event generator for driving performance evaluation simulations. It discusses the classification and investigation of different types of generators, and demonstrates the model design and simulation processes using CPN Tools software. Finally, a case study is presented to analyze the workload of a web system generated by the designed generator.
Simulation is a powerful process for perfectly planning and dimensioning web systems. However, a successful analysis using a simulation model usually requires variable load intensities. Furthermore, as the client's behavior is subject to frequent changes in modern web systems, such models need to be adapted as well. Based on web systems observation, we come across the need for tools that allow flexible definitions of web systems load profiles. We propose Timed Colored Petri Nets (TCPN) event generators for web environments that could be used to drive simulations for performance evaluation. The article proposes the systematization of the generators for future development. The theoretical part focuses on a classification with a division into deterministic/stochastic and untimed/timed generators. Next, in this study, we investigate representative models of generators from different classes based on the formalism of TCPN. We perform model design and simulation processes using CPN Tools software. Finally, we present a case study involving workload analysis of a web system that processes requests from the designed generator.
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