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The Computer Journal 1975 18(1):12-17; doi:10.1093/comjnl/18.1.12
© 1975 by British Computer Society
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Estimating magnetic disc seeks

S. J. Waters *

London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, UK

This paper discusses various conflicting methods of estimating magnetic disc seeks when their files are processed randomly, pseudo-randomly and serially. Several common methods are proven to be significantly inaccurate and alternative methods are developed analytically.

Received July 1973.

* London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2


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