Applications performance evaluation communication protocols distributed-software systems distributed-database systems concurrent and parallel programs industrial control systems discrete-events systems multiprocessor memory systems dataflow-computing systems fault-tolerant systems etc etc. etcApplications ◼ performance evaluation ◼ communication protocols ◼ distributed-software systems ◼ distributed-database systems ◼ concurrent and parallel programs ◼ industrial control systems ◼ discrete-events systems ◼ multiprocessor memory systems ◼ dataflow-computing systems ◼ fault-tolerant systems ◼ etc, etc, etc