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The Computer Journal 1986 29(2):118-126; doi:10.1093/comjnl/29.2.118
© 1986 by British Computer Society
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Performance Study of a Centralized Concurrency Control Algorithm for Distributed Database Systems using SIMULA

K. Viswanathan Iyer1 * and L. M. Patnaik2 §

1 EIC, PSLV, VSSC, Trivandrum-695022, India, 2 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India

The stimulation technique has gained much importance in the performance studies of Concurrency Control (CC) algorithms for distributed database systems. However, details regarding the simulation methodology and implementation are seldom mentioned in the literature. One objective of this paper is to elaborate the simulation methodology using SIMULA. Detailed studies have been carried out on a centralised CC algorithm and its modified version. The results compare well with a previously reported study on these algorithms. Here, additional results concerning the update intensiveness of transactions and the degree of conflict are obtained. The degree of conflict is quantitatively measured and it is seen to be a useful performance index. Regression analysis has been carried out on the results, and an optimisation study using the regression model has been performed to minimise the response time. Such a study may prove useful for the design of distributed database systems.

Received May 1984.

* EIC, PSLV, VSSC, Trivandrum-695022, India

§ Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India

Address for correspondence: L. M. Patnaik, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India.


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