Experimental tools (Score 2, Informative)

Have you considering using python? researchers at DIKU have created a benchmark tool for . It seems usefull. Python is also excellent for gluing modules together.
A wellthought example on how to setup your code for experimental work is the lemur toolkit from CMU. This toolkit has a concept of "parameter" files that is very handy :) Generally I would recommend against exporting directly to spreadsheet formats - I tend to export to flat files (with field separators). Postgres' COPY command is extremely handy from scripts. I also find gnu-plot handy. Remember .. these tools might seem un-intuitive at first .. but when you have used them for earlier experiments you can re-use code between experiements :) I hope this helps