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Capacity Planning for Web Services

"Capacity Planning for Web Services: Metrics, Models and Methods "

Daniel A. Menascé, George Mason University
Virgilio A. F. Almeida, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Prentice Hall, 2002 (translated into Russian and Portuguese

About the Book: a unique book that explains clearly all important issues related to the performance and availability of modern web services. The presentation is intuitive, illustrated by many examples, and practical. Several Microsoft Excel workbooks support the implementation of all formulas and models discussed in the book.

About the Authors: Dr. Daniel A. Menascé is a Professor of Computer Science at George Mason University, Virginia. He received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and was elected a Fellow of the ACM in 1997 in recognition of outstanding technical and professional achievements in the field of information technology. Dr. Virgilio A. F. Almeida is a Professor of Computer Science at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. He received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Vanderbilt University.