@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 {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.}
}
@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 = {<p>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</p>},
	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 {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 = {<p>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.</p>},
	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 {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.}
}
@conference {Ambrogio200820,
	title = {A Model-Driven approach for the performance management of grid-based applications},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, SE 2008},
	year = {2008},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {20-25},
	abstract = {Grid environments and software applications based on Grid Services are currently receiving a strong consideration. In a Grid context, service providers are strategically interested to manage the level of performance that can be oered to service consumers. This paper introduces a model-driven approach for predicting, at design time, and managing, at execution time, the performance characteristics of applications based on Grid Services. The approach is based on the automatic generation and evaluation of performance models from design models of UML type. An example application is illustrated to show the eectiveness of the proposed approach.},
	keywords = {Applications, Automatic generations, Design models, Design time, Execution time, Grid, Grid computing, Grid contexts, Grid environments, Grid services, Grid-based applications, LQN, Model-driven approaches, Performance analysis, Performance characteristics, Performance managements, Performance models, Service providers, Service-oriented, Software applications, Software engineering, Spontaneous emission, Systems analysis},
	isbn = {9780889867154},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-62849087032\&partnerID=40\&md5=497dc66a800e3d14123b851fc9cec6d7},
	author = {Andrea D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio and Conticelli, L.}
}
@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.}
}
@article {Cortellessa200181,
	title = {Automatic derivation of software performance models from CASE documents},
	journal = {Performance Evaluation},
	volume = {45},
	number = {2-3},
	year = {2001},
	note = {cited By 27},
	pages = {81-105},
	abstract = {Lifecycle validation of software performance (or prediction of the product ability to satisfy the user performance-requirements) is based on the automatic derivation of software performance models from CASE documents or rapid prototypes. This paper deals with the CASE document alternative. After a brief overview of existing automatic derivation methods, it introduces a method that unifies existing techniques that use CASE documents. The method is step-wise clear, can be used from the early phases of the software lifecycle, is distributed-software oriented, and can be easily incorporated into modern (e.g., UML-based) CASE tools. The method enables the software designer with no specific knowledge of performance theory to predict at design time the performance of various final product alternatives. The designer does only need to feed the CASE documents into the performance model generator. The paper carries on an application case study that deals with the development of distributed software, where the method is used to predict the performance of different distributed architectures the designer could select at preliminary design time to obtain the best performing final product. The method can be easily incorporated into modern object-oriented software development environments to encourage software designers to introduce lifecycle performance validation into their development best practices. {\textcopyright} 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.},
	keywords = {Computer aided software engineering, Computer architecture, Distributed computer systems, Distributed software, Systems analysis, User interfaces},
	issn = {01665316},
	doi = {10.1016/S0166-5316(01)00036-0},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0035400344\&partnerID=40\&md5=c4fbe1a264e5fde474ce1c0eabbaedcb},
	author = {Cortellessa, V. and Andrea D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio and Iazeolla, G.}
}
