| Title | Should I add a processor? |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1990 |
| Authors | KS Trivedi, AS Sathaye, OC Ibe, and RC Howe |
| Journal | Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Science |
| Volume | 1 |
| Start Page | 214 |
| Pagination | 214 - 221 |
| Date Published | 01/1990 |
| Abstract | A model is developed demonstrating that when availability is the only measure of system effectiveness of interest, even a small reconfiguration delay leads to a violation of the monotonic increase in availability with the number of processors. A measure of system effectiveness, loss probability of a task, is proposed. It captures aspects of performance and availability. |
| Short Title | Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Science |