These notes were last updated in Spring, 2005.
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Security reading -- this is a large pdf file, about 3,000 KB, with rather small print. You may find it more readable to read it online because Adobe Acrobat Reader will let you rotate the text to be horizontal and will also enlarge for you.
Overview of SPE -- for class prior to Dr. Williams' guest lecture
The zip file containing the SPEED modeling tool for Software Performance Engineering. Right click and "Save Target as ..." to ensure download of the zip file rather than execution of it. This demo copy expires March 31, 2005.
The pdf file for the slides Dr. Williams uses in guest lecture on syllabus for Thursday, April 6, 2006.
The pdf file on Scalability that Dr. Williams mentions near the end of his slides for Thursday, April 6, 2006. You are not responsible for the material in this paper but you or your employer may be interested in it.
pdf file of
McGregor & Sykes reading from the syllabus. This is for those who do not have the recommended book:
A Practical Guide to Testing Object-Oriented Software, John D. MacGregor, David A. Sykes, Object Technology Series, Addison-Wesley; ISBN: 0-201-32564-0 br