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Simulating the performance of a multiprocessor operating system

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                  cover image ACM SIGSIM Simulation Digest
                  ACM SIGSIM Simulation Digest  Volume 21, Issue 3
                  April 1991
                  320 pages
                  ISSN:0163-6103
                  DOI:10.1145/106073
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                    ANSS '91: Proceedings of the 24th annual symposium on Simulation
                    April 1991
                    338 pages
                    ISBN:0818621699

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