On the automation of computer network simulators

SIMUTools 2009 - 2nd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Perrone, L Felipe ^a   Cicconetti, Claudio ^b   Stea, Giovanni ^b   Ward, Bryan C ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Best practices; Network simulation; Simulation tools

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; SIMULATORS;

BEST PRACTICES; NETWORK SIMULATION; NETWORK SIMULATION TOOLS; NETWORK SIMULATORS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SIMULATION STUDIES;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 84922882995     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2009.5684     Document Type: Conference Paper

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