@conference {182, title = {BPMN-Based Business Process Modeling and Simulation}, booktitle = {Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference}, year = {2019}, doi = {10.1109/WSC40007.2019.9004960}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85081140337\&doi=10.1109\%2fWSC40007.2019.9004960\&partnerID=40\&md5=562c397f5282b4d755ea42195d8f5d51}, author = {Bocciarelli, P. and D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio, A. and Giglio, A. and Paglia, E.} } @conference {187, title = {A BPMN/HLA-Based Methodology for Collaborative Distributed des}, booktitle = {Proceedings - 2019 IEEE 28th International Conference on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, WETICE 2019}, year = {2019}, doi = {10.1109/WETICE.2019.00033}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85071674691\&doi=10.1109\%2fWETICE.2019.00033\&partnerID=40\&md5=edfa6f3fbef940c14919b4803aa0f7b3}, author = {Possik, J. and Amrani, A. and Vallespir, B. and D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio, A. and Zacharewicz, G.} } @article {194, title = {A BPMN extension to support discrete-event simulation for healthcare applications: An explicit representation of queues, attributes and data-driven decision points}, journal = {Journal of the Operational Research Society}, volume = {69}, year = {2018}, pages = {788-802}, doi = {10.1057/s41274-017-0267-7}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85021790477\&doi=10.1057\%2fs41274-017-0267-7\&partnerID=40\&md5=f0f30c77b3cccc771c50d7b8b6c878d4}, author = {Onggo, B.S.S. and Proudlove, N.C. and D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio, A. and Calabrese, A. and Bisogno, S. and Levialdi Ghiron, N.} } @conference {148, title = {A BPMN extension for modeling Cyber-Physical-Production-Systems in the context of Industry 4.0}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE 14th International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, ICNSC 2017}, year = {2017}, publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}, organization = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}, abstract = {

Industry 4.0 denotes a recent trend that aims at exploiting Cyber Physical Systems (CPS), based on IoT (Internet of Things) and cloud computing technologies, to obtain increased degrees of cooperation and communication in production systems, thus leading to what is referred to as Cyber Physical Production Systems (CPPS) or {\textquoteright}Smart Factories{\textquoteright}. {\textcopyright} 2017 IEEE.

}, keywords = {Administrative data processing, BPMN, Business process management, Cloud computing technologies, CPPS, Cyber Physical System, Cyber physicals, Cyber-physical systems (CPS), Distributed computer systems, Embedded systems, Enterprise resource management, Industrial plants, Internet of things, Production system, Resources management}, isbn = {9781509044283}, doi = {10.1109/ICNSC.2017.8000159}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85028506510\&doi=10.1109\%2fICNSC.2017.8000159\&partnerID=40\&md5=21f941fe91fbcb4bc02afe439cad2075}, author = {Bocciarelli, P. and D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio, A. and Giglio, A. and Paglia, E.}, editor = {Guerrieri A., Fortino G., Vasilakos A.V., Zhou M., Lukszo Z., Palau C., Liotta A., Vinci A., Basile F., Fanti M.P.} } @article {149, title = {A BPMN extension to support discrete-event simulation for healthcare applications: an explicit representation of queues, attributes and data-driven decision points}, journal = {Journal of the Operational Research Society}, year = {2017}, pages = {1-15}, abstract = {

Stakeholder engagement in simulation projects is important, especially in healthcare where there is a plurality of stakeholder opinions, objectives and power. One promising approach for increasing engagement is facilitated modelling. Currently, the complexity of producing a simulation model means that the {\textquoteleft}model coding{\textquoteright} stage is performed without the involvement of stakeholders, interrupting the possibility of a fully facilitated project. Early work demonstrated that with currently available software tools we can represent a simple healthcare process using Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) and generate a simulation model automatically. However, for more complex processes, BPMN currently has a number of limitations, namely the ability to represent queues and data-driven decision points. To address these limitations, we propose a conceptual design for an extension to BPMN (BPMN4SIM) using model-driven architecture. Application to an elderly emergency care pathway in a UK hospital shows that BPMN4SIM is able to represent a more complex business process. {\textcopyright} 2017 The Operational Research Society

}, keywords = {BPMN, Business process model and notation (BPMN), Computer aided software engineering, Computer software, Conceptual design, Data driven decision, Discrete event simulation, Explicit representation, Health care, Health care application, Model driven architectures, Simulation projects, Software architecture, Software design, Stakeholder engagement}, issn = {01605682}, doi = {10.1057/s41274-017-0267-7}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85021790477\&doi=10.1057\%2fs41274-017-0267-7\&partnerID=40\&md5=f0f30c77b3cccc771c50d7b8b6c878d4}, author = {Onggo, B.S.S. and Proudlove, N.C. and D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio, A. and Calabrese, A. and Bisogno, S. and Levialdi Ghiron, N.} } @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 {137, title = {A BPMN extension to enable the explicit modeling of task resources}, booktitle = {CEUR Workshop Proceedings}, year = {2016}, publisher = {CEUR-WS}, organization = {CEUR-WS}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84999143350\&partnerID=40\&md5=bfeb06235c0c2cec231bbc68ed06b02c}, author = {Bocciarelli P. and D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio A. and Giglio A. and Paglia E.} } @conference {Antonacci2016124, title = {A BPMN-based automated approach for the analysis of healthcare processes}, booktitle = {Proceedings - 25th IEEE International Conference on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, WETICE 2016}, year = {2016}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {124-129}, publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}, organization = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}, abstract = {

Healthcare organizations are increasingly pushed to improve the quality of care service taking into account the increasing complexity in patient treatment and the continuous reduction of available resources. The adoption of Business Process Management (BPM) practices is thus becoming a key enabler for the improvement of healthcare processes (HPs). Accordingly, methods and tools are required to address behavioral and performance aspects from the early phases of the process lifecycle in order to improve the quality of healthcare, reduce costly reworks and increase the effectiveness of BPM approaches. This paper specifically addresses the specification and analysis phases of the process lifecycle and introduces a model-driven method for healthcare process simulation. The proposed method is based on a model transformation approach that takes as input the process specification in BPMN, appropriately extended to include the performance properties of the process, and yields as output the corresponding process simulation code, ready to be executed. In order to illustrate the method and its effectiveness, the paper describes an example application to a process dealing with the hip fracture for elderly patients. {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.

}, keywords = {Administrative data processing, BPMN, Business process management, Enterprise resource management, Health care, Healthcare process, Life cycle, Model transformation, Patient treatment, Process simulations, Specifications}, isbn = {9781509016631}, doi = {10.1109/WETICE.2016.35}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84983805389\&partnerID=40\&md5=524846f6fc6c8c3f937421168f86515c}, author = {Antonacci, G. and Calabrese, A. and Andrea D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio and Giglio, A. and Intrigila, B. and Ghiron, N.L.}, editor = {Reddy S.M., Gaaloul W.} } @conference {138, title = {Bringing Model-Based Systems Engineering Capabilities to Project Management: an Application to Prince2}, booktitle = {CEUR Workshop Proceedings}, year = {2016}, publisher = {CEUR-WS}, organization = {CEUR-WS}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84999268216\&partnerID=40\&md5=bc5793d603e17b2b57c9a5a5aa29192f}, author = {Coppola, D. and D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio, A. and Gianni, D.} } @conference {Gianni2012310, title = {BOM2UML: Integrating BOM specifications into UML-based development environments}, booktitle = {Simulation Series}, volume = {44}, number = {4 BOOK}, year = {2012}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {310-317}, abstract = {Base Object Model (BOM) is a standard to define conceptual models that can be reused for the development or the extension of simulation systems based on the IEEE High Level Architecture (HLA). However, BOM specifications suffer from interoperability issues as they cannot be automatically imported into model-driven simulation engineering environments based on UML and related standards. In this paper, we overcome this limitation by introducing BOM2UML, a model transformation to derive standard UML models from a BOM specification. We provide both a conceptual description of the transformation rules and the details of their implementation in ATL, the Atlas Transformation Language. We also show a preliminary output of the proposed transformation, applied to a set of BOM specifications of a simplified military application.}, keywords = {BOM, Computer simulation, HLA, Mathematical models, Model driven development, Model transformation, Specifications, Standards, UML, Unified Modeling Language}, isbn = {9781618397867}, issn = {07359276}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84876472367\&partnerID=40\&md5=60c7fa8c563ba58f48e298b7cc8fb1a1}, author = {Gianni, D. and Andrea D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio and Grasso, M.} } @conference {Bocciarelli2011160, title = {A BPMN extension for modeling non functional properties of business processes}, booktitle = {Simulation Series}, volume = {43}, number = {1 BOOK 4}, year = {2011}, note = {cited By 27}, pages = {160-168}, abstract = {Business Process Management (BPM) is an holistic approach for describing, analyzing, executing, managing and improving large enterprise business processes, which can be seen as collections of related tasks executed to accomplish well-defined goals. This paper introduces a notation for the description of a business process in terms of both functional and non-functional properties, specifically addressing the performance and reliability characterization of a business process. In the BPM context, the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) is the de-facto standard for the high-level description of business processes. Unfortunately BPMN does not support the characterization of the business process in terms of non-functional properties such as performance and reliability. To overcome such limitation, this paper introduces PyBPMN (Performability-enabled BPMN), a lightweight BPMN extension for the specification of properties that address both performance and reliability. The proposed extension is based on an approach that exploits principles and standards introduced by the Model Driven Architecture (MDA), thus obtaining significant advantages in terms of easy customization and improved automation. The paper also presents an example application of the proposed extension to show how it enables the automated transformation of a business process model into a parameterized performance model whose execution gives insights about the process behavior.}, keywords = {Administrative data processing, BPMN, Business Process, Business process management, Business process model, Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), Computer simulation, Enterprise resource management, MDA, Model driven architectures, Performance and reliabilities, Reliability, Software architecture, Systems engineering}, isbn = {9781617828386}, issn = {07359276}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84887029950\&partnerID=40\&md5=286bf26106c501019949590c37d312e2}, author = {Bocciarelli, P. and Andrea D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio} }