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| J.W. Davidson, J.R. Rabung, D.B. Whalley, "Solutions Relating Static and Dynamic Machine Code Measurements," IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 444-454, April, 1992. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/12.135557, author = {J.W. Davidson and J.R. Rabung and D.B. Whalley}, title = {Solutions Relating Static and Dynamic Machine Code Measurements}, journal ={IEEE Transactions on Computers}, volume = {41}, number = {4}, issn = {0018-9340}, year = {1992}, pages = {444-454}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/12.135557}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - JOUR JO - IEEE Transactions on Computers TI - Solutions Relating Static and Dynamic Machine Code Measurements IS - 4 SN - 0018-9340 SP444 EP454 EPD - 444-454 A1 - J.W. Davidson, A1 - J.R. Rabung, A1 - D.B. Whalley, PY - 1992 KW - dynamic machine code measurements; static measurements; machine code instructions; addressing modes; regression analysis; static architecture measurements; dynamic architecture measurements; computer architecture; statistical analysis. VL - 41 JA - IEEE Transactions on Computers ER - | |||
In an effort to relate static measurements of machine code instructions and addressing modes to their dynamic counterparts, both types of measurements were made on nine different machines using a large and varied suite of programs. Using classical regression analysis techniques, the relationship between static architecture measurements and dynamic architecture measurements was explored. The statistical analysis showed that many static and dynamic measurements are strongly correlated and that it is possible to use the more easily obtained static measurements to predict dynamic usage of instructions and addressing modes. With few exceptions, the predictions are accurate for most architectural features.
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