@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 = {<p>MSaaS (M\&amp;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\&amp;S field, so as to enhance interoperability, composability, reusability and reduce the cost of M\&amp;S efforts. Such significant advantages can be further enhanced by introducing automated model transformations that support the various phases of a M\&amp;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 \&amp; Simulation International (SCS).</p>},
	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 {156,
	title = {A cloud-based service-oriented architecture for business process modeling and simulation},
	booktitle = {CEUR Workshop Proceedings {\textendash} INCOSE Italia Conference on Systems Engineering},
	year = {2017},
	publisher = {CEUR-WS},
	organization = {CEUR-WS},
	abstract = {<p>The adoption of Modeling \&amp; Simulation (M\&amp;S) approaches is widely recognized as a valuable solution for enacting a timely analysis of business processes (BPs). Despite their relevance, the effective introduction of such approaches in the BP lifecycle is still limited, due to the know-how and skills for building and implementing a simulation model and to the cost and effort for setting up and maintaining the execution platform. In this respect, this paper proposes a cloud-based architecture that exploits the M\&amp;S as a Service (MSaaS) paradigm and containerization technology for the flexible and dynamic composition of M\&amp;S services, so to allow business analysts to carry out an effortless and effective M\&amp;S-based BP analysis. An example case study dealing with an e-commerce scenario is also presented in order to show the actual application of the proposed approach.</p>},
	keywords = {Business analysts, Business Process, Business process model, Cloud-based, Cloud-based architectures, Computer architecture, Dynamic composition, Execution platforms, Information services, Service oriented architecture (SOA), Simulation model, Systems engineering, Technology transfer},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85038838268\&partnerID=40\&md5=801305b85d284d68f1f5963ae4bc3f4d},
	author = {Bocciarelli, P. and D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio, A. and Paglia, E. and Panetti, T. and Giglio, A.}
}
