phyllis@utcsrgv.UUCP (Phyllis Eve Bregman) (11/16/83)
UPDATES FOR
UofT Department of Computer Science Seminar Schedule for
the week of November 14th, 1983
Thursday, November 17th, 2:00 P.M., GB24?: Mr. Paliath Narendran, Rensselear
Polytechnic Institute, Department of Mathematics, Troy, New York:
"Church-Rosser and related Thue systems".
**CANCELLED**
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, November 17th, 11:00 A.M., GB248: Professor Paul D. Amer,
Department of Computer Science and Information Sciences, University
of Delaware AND Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology,
National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C.: "Generating artificial
traffic over a local area network using random number generators".
ABSTRACT: Effective testing and performance evaluation of a local
area computer network requires the ability to generate artificial
traffic. This in turn requires algorithms for generating random
number sequences. Several random number generation algorithms have
been considered for emulating traffic over NBSNET, a local area
computer network at the National Bureau of Standards. The algorithms
are evaluated in light of certain time, space and programming
constraints dictated by NBS's application. The table-based method,
using an additive uniform random number generator for selection from
the table, was determined to be a satisfactory method considering
NBSNET's constraints, and is being used to generate artificial traffic
for continuing local network research experimentation.
--
Phyllis Eve Bregman
CSRG, Univ. of Toronto
{decvax,linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,floyd,utzoo}!utcsrgv!phyllis