A Petri Net based tool kit to integrate qualitative and quantitative analysis

An innovative net-based method to integrate qualitative and quantitative analysis of distributed software systems is outlined, and an on-going prototype implementation of a related graphic-oriented tool kit is sketched. The proposed method combines qualitative analysis, testing and monitoring as well as quantitative analysis on the basis of a netbased intermediate representation of the distributed software system under consideration. All transformations (from the distributed software system into a first Petri net model, and between the different kinds of net models) can be done formally, and therefore be automated to a high degree.