COMP3014J Performance of Comp Systems

Academic Year 2024/2025

This module is designed for 4th year undergraduate students to gain insight about system evaluation. It also can help the students to identify the advantages and disadvantages of their software.
It introduces basic concepts in performing theory and classic evaluation methods/models. The following topics are included:
■ Performance Measurement
■ Workload selection and Characterization
■ Fundamentals of Probability theory and Statistics
■ Queuing Theory
■ Analysis of Sample data including Regression analysis
■ Performance modelling
■ Experimental design and Analysis
■ Simulation including Random number generation
Though this course, they will learn the procedures of performing an evaluation on a specific system through various approaches

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

The students shall develop a systematic way to evaluate any computer system and be able to write technique papers/thesis.
The students should know the advantages and disadvantages between different evaluation methodologies.
They should be able to design and identify the suitable evaluation techniques and approaches when giving a system.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

18
Laboratories

10
Autonomous Student Learning

97
Total

125
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Active/task-based learning; peer and group work; lectures; enquiry & problem-based learning
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Required:
BDIC1047J - English for Uni Studies BDIC, BDIC1048J - English Gen Acad Purposes BDIC, BDIC2007J - English for Spec Acad Purposes, BDIC2015J - Acad Wrt & Comm Skills


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment(Including Essay): Project n/a Graded No

50
Exam (In-person): 2-Hour end of term exam n/a Graded No

50

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

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Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis Techniques For Experimental Design, Measurements, Simulation And Modeling , by Raj Jain
Queueing networks and Markov chains: modeling and performance evaluation with computer science applications, by G Bolch, S Greiner, H De Meer and KS Trivedi