@article {D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio2009625,
	title = {Simulation model building of traffic intersections},
	journal = {Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory},
	volume = {17},
	number = {4},
	year = {2009},
	note = {cited By 9},
	pages = {625-640},
	abstract = {Designers of traffic systems might take advantage of the simulation-before-construction approach that allows them to study the behavior of a new or existing system by use of simulation models. Nevertheless, the use of simulation models is often hindered by the fact that the model building activity is a critical, time consuming and error prone activity if performed by use of experience and intuition only. Moreover, traffic designers do not usually have the necessary skills to effectively carry out system simulation. This paper overcomes such problems by introducing a model building method, thus enabling traffic designers to seamlessly introduce simulation-before-construction into their best practices. The method is applied to the building of simulation models of traffic intersections, with an example application to a real-world intersection. {\textcopyright} 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {Automated model building, Best practices, Error-prone, Existing systems, Intersections, Model buildings, Model-building methods, Real-world, Simulation model production, Specifications, System simulations, Traffic control, Traffic intersection specification, Traffic simulation, Traffic systems},
	issn = {1569190X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.simpat.2008.11.001},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-62149138054\&partnerID=40\&md5=e6b0fba289eb046089cab4e9984ab819},
	author = {Andrea D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio and Iazeolla, G. and Pasini, L. and Pieroni, A.}
}
@conference {Ambrogio2008292,
	title = {A UML profile for modeling software applications based on grid services},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, SE 2008},
	year = {2008},
	note = {cited By 1},
	pages = {292-297},
	abstract = {Grid environments and software applications based on Grid Services are currently receiving a strong consid- eration. Nevertheless the development of such appli-cations is still di cult and error-prone because of the lack of appropriate notations based on widely used lan-guages such as UML. This paper introduces a classi- cation of services that interact in Grid environments and proposes an UML extension for Grid service- oriented applications. The extension is carried out by use of a UML pro le, that is a lightweight standard ex- tension mechanism that allows to specify the roles of the di erent services within UML diagrams and that can easily be incorporated into UML-based integrated development environments. The proposed pro le facil- itates the development of applications based on Grid Services and increases their reusability and maintain- ability. An example application is introduced to show how the pro le can be e ectively used to annotate ac-tivity diagrams, component diagrams and deployment diagrams.},
	keywords = {Applications, Deployment diagrams, Error-prone, Graphic methods, Grid, Grid computing, Grid environments, Grid services, Integrated development environments, MDA, Modeling softwares, Positive ions, Reusability, Service-oriented, Software applications, Software engineering, Spontaneous emission, Standardization, Uml diagrams, UML extensions, UML profile},
	isbn = {9780889867154},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-62849118302\&partnerID=40\&md5=7c2372c396d896a454b5c2251fd400e3},
	author = {Andrea D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio and Conticelli, L.}
}
