Call for papers

VALUETOOLS 2009

Fourth International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools

October 20-22, 2009 - Pisa, Italy

Scope

In recent years, a range of performance evaluation methodologies and tools has been developed within various research communities for the purposes of evaluation, design, and model reduction. The aim of the Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools conference is to build bridges between these communities, bringing theory and practice together.

Topics

Topics include, but are not limited to:

Performance evaluation techniques

• Advanced simulation tools
  • Simulation of rare events
  • Parallel/distributed simulations
  • Variance reduction techniques
  • Large deviations
  • Hybrid system simulation
• Discrete event systems
  • Petri nets
  • Max-plus algebra
  • Automata, timed automata
• Queueing theory
  • Markovian queues and networks
  • Network calculus
  • Analytical methods
  • Approximation methods
  • (In)Sensitivity
  • Dynamic Fluid Models
  • Diffusion models
  • Dam processes
  • Perturbation approaches
  • Control of Queues
• Other stochastic models
  • Stochastic geometry
  • Long-range dependence
  • Self-similarity
  • Point processes
  • Traffic models and measurements
• Other topics
  • Supervisory control
  • Reliability/performability tools
  • Neural networks and decision tools
  • Game theory and pricing
  • Resource allocation
  • Complex Networks

Applications

• Computer networks (including peer-to-peer systems and traffic control services)
• Computer systems (e.g., grid computing)
• Communication systems
• Wireless networks (including MAC and routing protocols, cellular networks, Ad Hoc/Sensor etc.)
• Distributed systems
• Road traffic and transportation systems
• Public utility networks
• Manufacturing systems and supply chains
• Call centers
• Economic, biological and social systems

Submission

Authors are invited to submit papers of up to 10 pages in a PDF file, complying with the ACM conference proceedings format, through Easychair. Each paper will be peer reviewed for quality and correctness by at least three reviewers. Only original papers, written in English, which have not been published previously elsewhere, and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere, will be accepted. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and present the work at the conference.
 

Publication and awards

The event is organized by ICST in technical cooperation with the ACM Special Interest Group on performance evaluation (ACM SIGMETRICS), the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS), and Movimento Italiano Modellazione e Simulazione (MIMOS). All accepted papers will be made available in the ACM Digital Library and EU-DL. Best papers, after further reviews, will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Performance Evaluation Journal and on Discrete Events Dynamic Systems Journal.
A Best Paper and Best Student Paper will be selected by peer reviews and will be acknowledged with awards presented during the social event.

Important dates:

Full papers due: April 20, 2009  April 30, 2009, 23:59 CET (hard)

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Notification of acceptance: July 10, 2009

Final version due: July 27, 2009, August 3, 2009

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