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During three decades of research, performance evaluation has achieved a rich body of knowledge. Due to the growing size an complexity of today's computer and communication systems, both in hardware and in software, performance evaluation is faced with new challenges and new application scenarios. This monograph-like state-of-the-art survey presents the history, the key ideas, the success stories, and future challenges of performance evaluation and demonstrates the impact of performance evalutation on a variety of different areas through case studies in a coherent and comprehensive way. Leading researchers in the field have contributed 19 crosss-reviewed topical chapters competently covering the whole range of performance evaluation, from theoretical and methodological issues to applications in numerous other fields. Additionally, the book contains one contribution on the role of performance evaluation in industry and personal accounts of four pioneering researchers describing the genesis of breakthrough results. The book will become a valuable source of reference and indispensable reading for anybody active or interested in performance evaluation. The book addresses advanced students, lecturers, and researchers as well as professionals applying advanced performance evaluation techniques in industry.