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Computer Science

One Mean Can’t Rule Them All

Ahmed Nematallah

2026.2.1COMPUTER

DOI: 10.1109/mc.2025.3592470

Abstract

There has been extensive debate on how to summarize performance results, especially within the computer architecture community. This article presents a systematic approach to choosing the correct mean, aiming to answer this question for all computer scientists once and for all.

Citation format

NEMATALLAH, Ahmed. One mean can’t rule them all. COMPUTER, 2026, 59: 49–58.