SIMPLE: a universal tool box for event trace analysis

The event trace analysis system SIMPLE allows the evaluation of arbitrarily formatted event traces. SIMPLE is designed as a software package which comprises independent tools that are all based on a new kind of event trace access: the trace format is described in a trace description language (TDL) and evaluation tools access the event trace through a standardized problem-oriented event trace interface (POET). The language TDL is designed for problem-oriented description of event traces. The POET library is a monitor-independent function interface which enables the user to access measured data stored in event trace files in a problem-oriented manner. In order to be able to access and decode differently structured measured data, POET uses the event trace description in TDL. The event trace access tool TDL/POET is designed in order to meet the following requirements: object system independence; monitor independence; and source reference.