Timing Variation in Dual Loop Benchmarks
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Software Engineering Institute
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CMU/SEI-87-TR-021Abstract
Benchmarks that measure time values using a standard system clock often employ a dual loop design. One of the important assumptions of this design is that textually identical loop statements will take the same amount of time to execute. This assumption was tested on two bare computers with Ada test programs and has been demonstrated to be inaccurate in these specific test cases.
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Altman, N., & Weiderman, N. (1987, October 1). Timing Variation in Dual Loop Benchmarks. (Technical Report CMU/SEI-87-TR-021). Retrieved April 20, 2024, from https://insights.sei.cmu.edu/library/timing-variation-in-dual-loop-benchmarks/.
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title={Timing Variation in Dual Loop Benchmarks},
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year={1987},
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Altman, Neal, and Nelson Weiderman. "Timing Variation in Dual Loop Benchmarks." (CMU/SEI-87-TR-021). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, October 1, 1987. https://insights.sei.cmu.edu/library/timing-variation-in-dual-loop-benchmarks/.
N. Altman, and N. Weiderman, "Timing Variation in Dual Loop Benchmarks," Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, Technical Report CMU/SEI-87-TR-021, 1-Oct-1987 [Online]. Available: https://insights.sei.cmu.edu/library/timing-variation-in-dual-loop-benchmarks/. [Accessed: 20-Apr-2024].
Altman, Neal, and Nelson Weiderman. "Timing Variation in Dual Loop Benchmarks." (Technical Report CMU/SEI-87-TR-021). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Oct. 1987. https://insights.sei.cmu.edu/library/timing-variation-in-dual-loop-benchmarks/. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
Altman, Neal; & Weiderman, Nelson. Timing Variation in Dual Loop Benchmarks. CMU/SEI-87-TR-021. Software Engineering Institute. 1987. https://insights.sei.cmu.edu/library/timing-variation-in-dual-loop-benchmarks/