@article {200, title = {Extending the CMMI engineering process areas for simulation systems engineering}, journal = {Communications in Computer and Information Science}, volume = {889}, year = {2018}, pages = {193-207}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-96271-9_12}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85052158948\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-3-319-96271-9_12\&partnerID=40\&md5=5aae6e290d5c833da829cc5c54e00184}, author = {Mahmoodi, S. and Durak, U. and Gerlach, T. and Hartmann, S. and D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio, A.} } @conference {201, title = {Hybrid simulation for cyber physical systems {\textendash} A panel on where are we going regarding complexity, intelligence, and adaptability of CPS using simulation}, booktitle = {Simulation Series}, year = {2018}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85055249409\&partnerID=40\&md5=8c3725d12df561fd50563f0c023d4f62}, author = {Tolk, A. and Barros, F. and D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio, A. and Rajhans, A. and Mosterman, P.J. and Shetty, S.S. and Traor{\'e}, M.K. and Vangheluwe, H. and Yilmaz, L.} } @conference {195, title = {Letter from the Editors of the 2018 WSC Proceedings}, booktitle = {Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference}, year = {2018}, doi = {10.1109/WSC.2017.8248251}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85044510346\&doi=10.1109\%2fWSC.2017.8248251\&partnerID=40\&md5=cbee1bd0b947a0db954d16c1c015f0b2}, author = {Chan, W.K. and D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio, A. and Zacharewicz, G. and Mustafee, N.} } @conference {154, title = {Automated development of web-based modeling services for MSaaS platforms}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Symposium on Model-driven Approaches for Simulation Engineering (Mod4Sim 2017) {\textendash} part of SpringSim 2017}, year = {2017}, publisher = {The Society for Modeling and Simulation International}, organization = {The Society for Modeling and Simulation International}, abstract = {

MSaaS (M\&S as a Service) is gaining momentum as an effective approach to bring the benefits of service-oriented architectures and cloud computing into the M\&S field, so as to enhance interoperability, composability, reusability and reduce the cost of M\&S efforts. Such significant advantages can be further enhanced by introducing automated model transformations that support the various phases of a M\&S effort, from simulation model building down to model implementation, deployment and execution. In previous contributions we have already addressed the use of automated model transformations that can be effectively adopted to provide simulation services for MSaaS platforms. This paper instead focuses on the automated development of modeling services for MSaaS, i.e., those services that allow platform users to easily build models in their own modeling language by use of a web-based user interface. Specifically, this work proposes an approach to automatically generate web-based visual editors from a metamodel that defines a given modeling language. Once generated, such editors can be made available on demand through a complete MSaaS platform, which also includes simulation services. The paper first describes the architecture of a MSaaS platform that includes modeling services, then illustrates the method for the automated development of web-based modeling services and, finally, gives a complete example application of the proposed method. {\textcopyright}2017 Society for Modeling \& Simulation International (SCS).

}, keywords = {Automation, Information services, Interoperability, Model driven development, Model transformation, Modeling languages, MSaaS, Reusability, Service oriented architecture (SOA), User interfaces, Visual editors, Visual languages, Web services, Web-based modeling, Websites}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85020620129\&partnerID=40\&md5=d5baa89a6c01329dba3a44c6afbf1e92}, author = {Bocciarelli, P. and D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio, A. and Mastromattei, A. and Giglio, A.}, editor = {Durak U. and Cetinkaya D. and D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio A.} } @conference {157, title = {Business process modeling and simulation: State of the art and MSaaS opportunities}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2017 Summer Simulation Multi-Conference (SummerSim 2017)}, year = {2017}, publisher = {The Society for Modeling and Simulation International}, organization = {The Society for Modeling and Simulation International}, abstract = {

The analysis and continuous improvement of business processes (BPs) has a strategic relevance for those enterprises that strongly rely on the performance of their operational processes to deliver services and/or goods to customers. The adoption of Modeling \& Simulation (M\&S) approaches is widely recognized as a valuable solution for analyzing and improving BPs, even though it is not yet fully exploited, due to the required know-how, effort and cost. In this context, M\&S as a Service (MSaaS) is a promising paradigm that contributes to effectively ease the introduction of M\&S approaches in the BP lifecyle, by saving the investments required to build and maintain the needed hardware and software infrastructure. This paper first illustrates a survey that analyzes the state-of-The-Art regarding the adoption of M\&S approaches in the BP domain and then, starting from a set of identified open issues, proposes a next generation MSaaS architecture which aims at enabling a time-And cost-effective M\&S-based analysis of BPs. {\textcopyright} 2017 Society for Modeling \& Simulation International (SCS).

}, keywords = {Architecture, Business Process, Business process model, Continuous improvements, Cost benefit analysis, Cost effective, Cost effectiveness, Hardware and software, Investments, MSaaS, Operational process, State of the art, Surveying, Surveys, Systems engineering, Technology transfer}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85029479125\&partnerID=40\&md5=ba1a219978ded9acd748ff217becba43}, author = {Bocciarelli, P. and D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio, A. and Mastromattei, A. and Paglia, E. and Giglio, A.}, editor = {Syriani E. and D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio A.} } @conference {150, title = {A PAAS-Based framework for automated performance analysis of service-oriented systems}, booktitle = {Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference}, year = {2017}, publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}, organization = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}, abstract = {

Service-oriented systems are often at the core of mission- or business-critical systems, and thus advanced quantitative analysis techniques are needed to assess, from the early development stages, whether or not the system accomplishes the stakeholder requirements and constraints. In this respect, in order to take advantage of the distributed nature of the considered systems, the use of distributed simulation (DS) appears the most natural and effective simulation approach. Nevertheless, the integration of traditional system development processes with DS approaches can be cost-And time-demanding. This paper presents SOAsim, a highly automated framework that allows system designers to generate the executable DS code from the model-based specification of the system under study, by use of automated model transformations. Moreover, in order to reduce the costs of setting-up dedicated DS platforms, SOAsim also automates the DS deployment and execution over a cloud-based infrastructure, according to a Platform-As-A-Service (PaaS) paradigm. {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.

}, keywords = {Automated model transformations, Automated performance analysis, Automation, Computer aided software engineering, Development stages, Distributed simulations, Model-based specifications, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Service Oriented Systems, Simulation approach, Traditional systems}, isbn = {9781509044863}, doi = {10.1109/WSC.2016.7822154}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85014155535\&doi=10.1109\%2fWSC.2016.7822154\&partnerID=40\&md5=588d85610cba0fbef476d22e0f4a006f}, author = {D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio, A. and Bocciarelli, P. and Mastromattei, A.}, editor = {Roeder T.M., Szechtman R., Frazier P.I., Zhou E.} } @conference {158, title = {Welcome from the general chair}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2017 Summer Simulation Multi-Conference (SummerSim 2017)}, year = {2017}, publisher = {The Society for Modeling and Simulation International}, organization = {The Society for Modeling and Simulation International}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85029655386\&partnerID=40\&md5=436b3cc44c81ea00459e4d99bf888a59}, author = {Martin, J.L.R. and D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio, A. and Syriani, E. and Mamidala, R. and Wille, R. and Zacharewicz, G. and Zilic, Z. and Ferguson, B. and De Rango, F.} } @conference {155, title = {Welcome letter}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2017 Spring Simulation Multi-Conference (SpringSim 2017)}, year = {2017}, publisher = {The Society for Modeling and Simulation International}, organization = {The Society for Modeling and Simulation International}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85020789905\&partnerID=40\&md5=1c13f9e62dd9d2ab57274a8c95b95e1b}, author = {Mittal, S. and Zacharewicz, G. and D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio, A.} } @conference {136, title = {SCSC chairs message}, booktitle = {Simulation Series}, year = {2016}, publisher = {The Society for Modeling and Simulation International}, organization = {The Society for Modeling and Simulation International}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84994627944\&partnerID=40\&md5=8c8bb36835c76d37b6ef6d63dab6c5fb}, author = {Martin, J.L.R. and Nicolescu G. and D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio A. and De Rango F. and Risco Martin J.L.} } @conference {D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio2012234, title = {A method for the prediction of software reliability}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 6th IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications, SEA 2002}, year = {2012}, note = {cited By 16}, pages = {234-240}, publisher = {Acta Press}, organization = {Acta Press}, abstract = {This paper deals with the reliability assessment of component-based software to predict the software product reliability at the early stage. The proposed approach transforms a specification written in a semi-formal language into a stochastic model to be used for reliability evaluation. The paper assumes an UML-based system specification and introduces a method to map the specification onto a failure model. The method enables software designers with no specific knowledge of reliability theory to predict at design time the reliability of the final product, thus introducing lifecycle reliability prediction into their development best practices. The method is illustrated by use of an application case study that deals with the development of distributed software. A software architecture that allows the method to be easily integrated into UML-based software development environments is also introduced. The architecture is based on the use of XML (eXtensible Markup Language) to represent both the UML system specification and the failure model.}, keywords = {Application programs, Automatic modeling, Component based software, Forecasting, Formal languages, Reliability assessments, Reliability Evaluation, Reliability prediction, Reliability theory, Semi-formal languages, Software development environment, Software engineering, Software reliability, Specifications, XML, XML (extensible markup language)}, isbn = {0889863237; 9780889863231}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84904159409\&partnerID=40\&md5=e3371411e5b757b27cda93c405253da1}, author = {Andrea D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio and Iazeolla, G. and Mirandola, R.} } @conference {Iazeolla1995221, title = {Collaborative IV\&V by SPEED a tool-kit for the performance IV\&V of critical software}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Workshop on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, WET ICE}, year = {1995}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {221-230}, publisher = {IEEE, Los Alamitos, CA, United States}, organization = {IEEE, Los Alamitos, CA, United States}, abstract = {Software performance engineering is a software engineering methodology whose scope is continuing Performance IV\&V during life cycle. SPEED (Software PErformance Evaluation and MoDeling) is a tool-kit for software Performance IV\&V according to performance engineering criteria. It is in course of development at the Laboratory for Computer Science, and CERTIA Research Center, University of Rome at TorVergata. In its present version, it generates and evaluates the Master Model of the product, a performance analysis model that continuously evolves with the product design, and that includes the software workload model and the abstract machine model, or model of the executing environment. Conventional analytical and hybrid simulation techniques can then be applied to the MM to obtain performance predictions for the product under design. The paper gives a description of the SPEED philosophy and architecture, with an accompanying application example of DBMS performance design.}, keywords = {Computer simulation, Computer software, Computer software selection and evaluation, Critical software, Database systems, Performance, Software engineering, Software performance evaluation and modeling, Software workload model, Systems analysis}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0029516723\&partnerID=40\&md5=0a21b948e2ba7b9d5bec357bc0477f93}, author = {Iazeolla, Giuseppe and Mirandola, Raffaela and Andrea D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio} }