The specification of workloads is required in order to evaluate performance characteristics of application systems using performance prediction approaches like the Palladio Component Model (PCM). One of the biggest challenges in workload modeling is to ensure that the modeled user behavior adequately resembles the real ...

Applying performance models to evaluate component-based enterprise applications in practice is becoming more and more difficult with an increasing organizational complexity. Components can be governed by different organizational units, are subject to a continuous shift between life cycle phases, and exhibit diverging ...