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An apparatus and method for determining an optimal global quantum value for use in event-driven simulations of a device are disclosed herein. The device is simulated using information representative of a device design corresponding to the device, the simulation of the device comprising an event-driven simulation using a provisional global quantum value. Events included in a sequence chart corresponding to the simulation using the provisional global quantum value are compared against expected events. Based on the comparison detecting at least one of the expected events being absent in the sequence chart, providing the optimal global quantum value as being smaller than the provisional global quantum value. Based on the comparison detecting no difference between the events in the sequence chart and the expected events, providing the optimal global quantum value as being larger than the provisional global quantum value.