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is reported for each system explored. Note that since CAG generation is performed

only once for a system, the exploration of several different communication architec-

ture choices and confi gurations can be done much more rapidly using the proposed

hybrid approach, than with a simulation-only approach. However, the accuracy of

this approach can be affected if the complexity of the systems and communication

architectures considered increases.

4.3.2 Queuing Theory-Based Approach

Another hybrid communication architecture exploration approach by Kim et al.

[52, 53] proposed a static performance-estimation technique based on a queuing

analysis ...