?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F1798%2F&rft.title=MultiVeStA%3A+Statistical+Model+Checking+for+Discrete+Event+Simulators&rft.creator=Sebastio%2C+Stefano&rft.creator=Vandin%2C+Andrea&rft.subject=QA75+Electronic+computers.+Computer+science&rft.description=The+modeling%2C+analysis+and+performance+evaluation+of+large-scale+systems+are+difficult+tasks.+Due+to+the+size+and+complexity+of+the+considered+systems%2C+an+approach+typically+followed+by+engineers+consists+in+performing+simulations+of+systems+models+to+obtain+statistical+estimations+of+quantitative+properties.+Similarly%2C+a+technique+used+by+computer+scientists+working+on+quantitative+analysis+is+Statistical+Model+Checking+(SMC)%2C+where+rigorous+mathematical+languages+(typically+logics)+are+used+to+express+systems+properties+of+interest.+Such+properties+can+then+be+automatically+estimated+by+tools+performing+simulations+of+the+model+at+hand.+These+property+specifications+languages%2C+often+not+popular+among+engineers%2C+provide+a+formal%2C+compact+and+elegant+way+to+express+systems+properties+without+needing+to+hard-code+them+in+the+model+definition.+This+paper+presents+MultiVeStA%2C+a+statistical+analysis+tool+which+can+be+easily+integrated+with+existing+discrete+event+simulators%2C+enriching+them+with+efficient+distributed+statistical+analysis+and+SMC+capabilities.&rft.date=2013-12&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F1798%2F1%2FValueTools2013_Sebastio_Vandin.pdf&rft.identifier=++Sebastio%2C+Stefano+and+Vandin%2C+Andrea++MultiVeStA%3A+Statistical+Model+Checking+for+Discrete+Event+Simulators.++Technical+Report++%23+%2F2013++++++++(Unpublished)+++