Tools - Performance Modelling
So What is Application Performance Modeling
Application Performance Modelling is the science of using modeling techniques to forecast application performance. Performance Modelling could be performed with several different objectives in mind, this could include, validation of the solution approach or solution architecture, validation of infrastructure requirements for a given solution approach and possibly impact analysis for change in business workload volumes. Application Performance Modeling can be performed using a combination of statistical, analytical and simulation modeling techniques. Unfortunately there are no standard commercial or Open Source tools out there for performance modeling.
You can learn more about Performance Modelling at Performance Modelling Fundamentals
Provided below is a list of frequently used tools for purposes of Performance Modelling. At this point this page includes just links to the various tool vendors or websites. Over a period of time we intend to introduce a summary of different tools, tool reviews including a short description of their strengths and weaknesses to help readers better grasp positioning of the relevant tools and frameworks within the enterprise.
| Vendor | Area Of Focus | Cost | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anylogic | Discrete Event Simulation | Commercial | Link |
| JMT | Analytical Modelling | Free | Link |
| IBM SPSS (Statistical Modeling) | Statistical Modelling | Commercial | Link |
| Minitab (Statistical Modeling) | Statistical Modelling | Commercial | Link |
| PDQ (Queuing Networks) | Analytical Modelling | Free | Link |
| QMPE | Analytical Modelling | Free | Link |
| R Project | Statistical Modeling & Data Visualization | Commercial | Link |
| Statsoft | Statistical Modeling & Data Visualization | Commercial | Link |
| Simpy | Discrete Event Simulation Modeling | Free | Link |
| Simul8 | Discrete Event Simulation Modeling | Commercial | Link |
| TIBCO SpotFire S+ | Statistical Modeling | Commercial | Link |
| Visualize-IT | Analytical-Statistical-Simulation Modeling | Free + Commercial | Link |
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