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Rethinking Randomness: An interview with Jeff Buzen, Part II
In Part 1, Jeff Buzen discussed the basic principles of his new approach to randomness, which is the topic of his book Rethinking Randomness. He continues here with a more detailed discussion of models that have been used successfully to predict the performance of systems ranging from early time sharing computers to modern web servers. ...
Rethinking Randomness: An interview with Jeff Buzen, Part I
For more than 40 years, Jeffrey Buzen has been a leader in performance prediction of computer systems and networks. His first major contribution was an algorithm, known now as Buzen's Algorithm, that calculated the throughput and response time of any practical network of servers in a few seconds. Since then, he formulated a more complete theory of randomness, which he calls "observational stochastics." Last year he published the book "Rethinking Randomness," which lays out his new theory. We talked with Jeff Buzen about his work. ...
