Valuetools 2009

VALUETOOLS 2009

Fourth International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools Sponsored by ICST and Create-Net

October 20-22, 2009 - Pisa, Italy

http://www.valuetools.org

Important dates: -- Full papers due: April 20, 2009 Notification of acceptance: July 6, 2009 Final version due: July 27, 2009

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:

A. Performance evaluation techniques

o Advanced simulation tools - Simulation of rare events - Parallel/distributed simulations - Variance reduction techniques - Large deviations - Hybrid system simulation

o Discrete event systems - Petri nets - Max-plus algebra - Automata, timed automata

o 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

o Other stochastic models - Stochastic geometry - Long-range dependence - Self-similarity - Point processes - Traffic models and measurements

o Other topics - Supervisory control - Reliability/performability tools - Neural networks and decision tools - Game theory and pricing - Resource allocation - Complex Networks

B. 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 (http://www.easychair.org). 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 cooperation with the ACM Special Interest Groups on computer/communication system performance (SIGMETRICS) (approval pending) and Simulation (SIGSIM) (approval pending). All accepted papers will be made available in the ACM Digital Library (approval pending) and EU-DL. Best papers, after further reviews, will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Performance Evaluation Journal (approval pending) and Discrete Events Dynamic Systems Journal (approval pending).

A Best Paper and Best Student Paper will be selected by peer reviews and will be acknowledged with awards presented during the social event.

Steering Committee -- Imrich Chlamtac (Co-Chair) Create-Net Research Association and University of Trento, Italy Eitan Altman (Co-Chair) INRIA, France Luciano Lenzini University of Pisa, Italy Sean Meyn University of Illinois, US Daniele Miorandi Create-Net Research Association, Italy Stavros Toumpis University of Cyprus, Cyprus Uri Yechiali Tel Aviv University, Israel

Organizing Committee

Giovanni Stea - University of Pisa, Italy
 * Conference General Chair

Jean Mairesse, CNRS, University Paris 7, France Jose' Fernando Mendes, University of Aveiro, Portugal
 * Technical Program Co-Chairs

Daniele Migliorini - University of Pisa, Italy Carlo Vallati - University of Pisa, Italy
 * Local Chairs

Jussi Kangasharju - University of Helsinki, Finland Guillaume Urvoy-Keller - Institute Eurecom, France
 * Workshop Chairs

Anne Bouillard - ENS Cachan Bretagne, France Greg Franks - Carleton University, Canada
 * Publicity Chairs

Matteo Andreozzi - University of Pisa, Italy
 * Web Chair:

Maria Morozova - ICST, Hungary
 * Conference Coordinator:

Technical Program Committee - To be determined This CfP was obtained from WikiCFP