Component Workload Emulator (CoWorkEr)
Utilization Test Suite (CUTS)

Citing CUTS in a Publication

If you are referencing the CUTS tool for a publication, we ask that you please cite the following publication:

Hill, J., Slaby, J.M., Baker, S., Schmidt, D.C. (2006, August). Applying System Execution Modeling Tools to Evaluate Enterprise Distributed Real-time and Embedded System QoS. Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications, Sydney, Australia.

Otherwise, please feel free to cite the most relevant publication from the listing below.

Relevant Publications

The analytics, algorithms, patterns, and techniques realized in CUTS are based on the following referred publications:

Journal Publications

1. Hill, J. H. & Gokhale, A. (2008, August). Towards Improving End-to-End Performance of Distributed Real-time & Embedded Systems Using Baseline Profiles. Studies in Computational Intelligence, Springer, Germany.
2. Hill, J. H. & Gokhale, A. (2007, September). Model-driven Engineering for Early QoS validation of component-based software systems. Journal of Software, 2.

Conference Publications

1. Hill, J. H., Turner, H., Edmondson, J. and Schmidt, D.C., (2009, April). Unit Testing Non-Functional Concerns of Component-based Distributed Systems. Proceeding of the 2nd International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation (ICST), Denver, CO. [Acceptance Rate: 33%]
2. Hill, J. H., Schmidt, D. C., Porter, A. and Slaby, J. M. (2008, March). CiCUTS: Combining System Execution Modeling Tools with Continuous Integration Environments. Proceedings of the 15th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS), Belfast, Northern Ireland.
3. Hill, J. H. and Gokhale, A. (2007, March). Model-driven Engineering for Development-time QoS Validation of Component-based Software Systems. Proceedings of the 13th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS), Tucson, AZ.
4. Hill, J., Slaby, J.M., Baker, S., Schmidt, D.C. (2006, August). Applying System Execution Modeling Tools to Evaluate Enterprise Distributed Real-time and Embedded System QoS. Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications, Sydney, Australia. [Acceptance Rate: 32%]
5. Paunov, S., Hill, J.H., Schmidt, D.C., Baker, S., Slaby, J.M. (2006, March). Domain-specific Modeling Languages for Configuring and Evaluating Enterprise DRE System Quality of Service. Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems, Potsdam, Germany.

Book Chapters

1. Hill, J. H., Schmidt, D.C., and Slaby, J. (2007). System Execution Modeling Tools for Rapid Evaluation of Enterprise Distributed Real-time and Embedded System Quality of Service. Designing Software-Intensive Systems: Methods and Principles. Ed. Dr. Pierre F. Tiako, Langston University, OK.

The following is the list of publications that have leveraged CUTS: