P e r f o r m a n c e A n a l y s i s of T r a n s a c t i o n P r o - Each of these provides a nice overview of the cessing S y s t e m s , Wilbur H. Highleyman, design of the relevant sub-system, and then proPrentice Hall, 1989. 424 pp. $55.40. vides a series of appropriate performance models. Throughout there are worked-out examAs its title indicates, this book has the very specific purpose of applying performance evalu- ples using the performance models, using realisation tools to the study of on-line transaction tic parameter values. The examples also discuss processing systems. The book provides both an the implications of the conclusions of the perforoverview of the relevant mathematical methods mance model, describing how performance could from performance evaluation, and an application be improved, and principles of good system deof those methods to transaction processing sys- sign demonstrated by the results of the example. The last two chapters provide a different pertems. spective. One discusses the performance reAfter an introductory chapter laying out the port, describing both how to organize the report
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