@conference {Bocciarelli2014325,
	title = {A language for enabling model-driven analysis of business processes},
	booktitle = {MODELSWARD 2014 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development},
	year = {2014},
	note = {cited By 5},
	pages = {325-332},
	publisher = {SciTePress},
	organization = {SciTePress},
	abstract = {<p>The use of simulation-based approaches for the analysis of business processes enables the design-time prediction of the process behavior and/or the operation-time process reconfiguration. However, the effectiveness of BP simulation is still limited for several reasons (e.g., lack of simulation know-how of BP analysts, simulation model parameters that can be hard to gather, large semantic gap between the business process model and the simulation model). To overcome such limitations, this paper introduces a modeldriven method to automatically build the executable simulation code of a business process from its abstract definition in BPMN, the standard language for specifying business processes. The simulation code is specified in eBPMN, a novel domain-specific language that has been designed and implemented according to the BPMN execution semantics. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2014 SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {BPMN, Business Process, Computer simulation, Computer simulation languages, Domain specific languages, Model transformation, Performance, Problem oriented languages, Semantics, Simulation, Software design, Technology transfer},
	isbn = {9789897580079},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84906910126\&partnerID=40\&md5=d8853e490341214705bedcb2f8ce2260},
	author = {Bocciarelli, P. and Andrea D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio and Paglia, E.}
}
@conference {Bocciarelli201448,
	title = {A methodological template for model driven systems engineering},
	booktitle = {CEUR Workshop Proceedings},
	volume = {1300},
	year = {2014},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {48-58},
	publisher = {CEUR-WS},
	organization = {CEUR-WS},
	abstract = {The advent of formal modeling languages (e.g., UML and SysML) and system architecture frameworks (e.g., DoDAF and MODAF) has given systems engineers the ability to effectively describe the requirements as well as the behavior and the structure of systems. Approaches founded on the use of modeling languages and frameworks are grouped under the banner of MBSE (Model Based Systems Engineering). The basic idea is that a model evolves over the system development life-cycle, until it becomes the built-to baseline. In this paper, we consider a modeling approach based on the use of a metamodeling architecture that focuses on the use of models as the primary artifacts of system development. We specifically address the use of MDA (Model Driven Architecture), which allows to increase the level of automation when evolving models from the very abstract representation of a system down to the system implementation, thus making easier (i.e., at reduced cost and effort) the analysis, development and testing activities. By applying MDA concepts and standards to MBSE approaches we obtain what we refer to as MDSE (Model Driven Systems Engineering). The paper illustrates a methodological template for MDSE and shows its application to the development of a software-intensive system. Copyright {\textcopyright} held by the authors.},
	keywords = {Abstract representation, Application programs, Development and testing, Formal modeling language, Level of automations, Life cycle, MDA(model driven architecture), Model-based systems engineering, Software architecture, Software design, Software intensive systems, Standards, System implementation, Systems engineering},
	issn = {16130073},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84915806250\&partnerID=40\&md5=bd972de1f5baef3c33fbef58e187c81d},
	author = {Bocciarelli, P. and Andrea D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio and Caponi, E. and Giglio, A. and Paglia, E.},
	editor = {D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio A., Leardi C., Arrichiello V., Garro A., Poloni C., Tundis A.}
}
@article {D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio201081,
	title = {Model-driven quality engineering of service-based systems},
	journal = {Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies},
	volume = {2},
	year = {2010},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {81-103},
	abstract = {Web services are the building blocks of systems based on service-oriented architectures. A web service is a self-describing, open component that supports rapid composition of distributed applications. Web service definitions are used to describe the service capabilities in terms of the operations of the service and the input and output messages for each operation. Such definitions are expressed in XML by use of the Web Service Definition Language (WSDL). Unfortunately, a WSDL description only addresses the functional aspects of a web service without containing any useful description of non functional or quality of service (QoS) characteristics. This paper introduces a lightweight WSDL extension for the description of QoS characteristics of a web service. The extension is carried out as a metamodel transformation, according to principles and standards recommended by the Model Driven Architecture (MDA). The WSDL metamodel is introduced and then transformed into the Q-WSDL (QoS-enabled WSDL) metamodel. As an example application of Q-WSDL, the paper illustrates a model-driven method that exploits Q-WSDL in order to automatically predict and describe the QoS of systems based on composite web services specified by use of the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL). The paper specifically addresses the prediction of the reliability attribute of QoS and is illustrated by use of an example application to a composite web service for travel planning. {\textcopyright} Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010.},
	keywords = {BPEL, Business process execution language for web services, Distributed applications, Forecasting, Information services, Meta-model transformations, Model driven architectures, Model-driven, Multimedia services, Quality of service, Service oriented architecture (SOA), Software architecture, Software design, UML, Web service definition languages, Web services, Websites, WSDL},
	isbn = {9783642133541},
	issn = {21903018},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-13355-8_6},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84879295871\&partnerID=40\&md5=6aebac9835244b3b880b8819ea5e68f2},
	author = {Andrea D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio},
	editor = {George, Maria}
}
