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An important goal of the remote terminal emulator-driven tests described here was obtaining a representative test workload. Reaching this goal depended on (i) imposing the test workload in a representative manner, (ii) using representative types of user scenarios in that workload, and (iii) specifying a representative number of each type. How the first two subgoals were reached is briefly described. Achieving the third required definition and calculation of em peaking factors. A tool for calculating these quantities is described.
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Ward, W.A., Langan, D.D. (2000). Calculation and Use of Peaking Factors for Remote Terminal Emulation. In: Haverkort, B.R., Bohnenkamp, H.C., Smith, C.U. (eds) Computer Performance Evaluation.Modelling Techniques and Tools. TOOLS 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1786. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46429-8_27
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