?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F1697%2F&rft.title=Statistical+analysis+of+chemical+computational+systems+with+MULTIVESTA+and+ALCHEMIST+&rft.creator=Pianini%2C+Danilo&rft.creator=Sebastio%2C+Stefano&rft.creator=Vandin%2C+Andrea&rft.subject=QA75+Electronic+computers.+Computer+science&rft.description=The+chemical-oriented+approach+is+an+emerging+paradigm+for+programming+the+behaviour+of+densely+distributed+and+context-aware+devices+(e.g.+in+ecosystems+of+displays+tailored+to+crowd+steering%2C+or+to+obtain+profile-based+coordinated+visualization).+Typically%2C+the+evolution+of+such+systems+cannot+be+easily+predicted%2C+thus+making+of+paramount+importance+the+availability+of+techniques+and+tools+supporting+prior-to-deployment+analysis.+Exact+analysis+techniques+do+not+scale+well+when+the+complexity+of+systems+grows%3A+as+a+consequence%2C+approximated+techniques+based+on+simulation+assumed+a+relevant+role.+This+work+presents+a+new+simulation-based+distributed+tool+addressing+the+statistical+analysis+of+such+a+kind+of+systems%2C+which+has+been+obtained+by+chaining+two+existing+tools%3A+MultiVeStA+and+Alchemist.+The+former+is+a+recently+proposed+lightweight+tool+which+allows+to+enrich+existing+discrete+event+simulators+with+distributed+statistical+analysis+capabilities%2C+while+the+latter+is+an+efficient+simulator+for+chemical-oriented+computational+systems.+The+tool+is+validated+against+a+crowd+steering+scenario%2C+and+insights+on+the+performance+are+provided+by+discussing+how+these+scale+distributing+the+analysis+tasks+on+a+multi-core+architecture.&rft.date=2013-09&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F1697%2F1%2FPianini_Sebastio_Vandin_WP_2013.pdf&rft.identifier=++Pianini%2C+Danilo+and+Sebastio%2C+Stefano+and+Vandin%2C+Andrea++Statistical+analysis+of+chemical+computational+systems+with+MULTIVESTA+and+ALCHEMIST.++Working+Paper++%23+%2F2013++++++++(Submitted)+++