@conference {161,
	title = {An HLA-based BPMN extension for the specification of business process collaborations},
	booktitle = {Proceedings - 2017 IEEE/ACM 21st International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, DS-RT 2017},
	year = {2017},
	publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.},
	organization = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.},
	abstract = {<p>Inter-organization business process collaboration is one of the most significant factors driving today{\textquoteright}s global business development. Such collaborations are typically composed by various processes executed by different organizations and are often difficult to specify and analyze, due to their distributed nature and to data interoperability issues. The standard notation for business process modeling, namely BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation), only provides a limited support to the specification of collaborations. This paper introduces a data model extension of BPMN inspired by the HLA (High Level Architecture) distributed simulation standard. In addition, the paper proposes a metamodel-based mapping from BPMN to HLA, which can be seen as a significant step towards the implementation of a conceptual framework for specifying and analyzing collaborative business processes by use of distributed simulation approaches. {\textcopyright} 2017 IEEE.</p>},
	keywords = {Business process collaborations, Business process model, Collaborative business process, Conceptual frameworks, Data interoperability, Distributed simulations, High level architecture, Inter-organization, Specifications, Systems engineering},
	isbn = {9781538640289},
	doi = {10.1109/DISTRA.2017.8167668},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85042934707\&doi=10.1109\%2fDISTRA.2017.8167668\&partnerID=40\&md5=6c81677377651843e2f16ce6cf4cc261},
	author = {Bocciarelli, P. and D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio, A. and Paglia, E. and Giglio, A.}
}
@conference {150,
	title = {A PAAS-Based framework for automated performance analysis of service-oriented systems},
	booktitle = {Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference},
	year = {2017},
	publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.},
	organization = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.},
	abstract = {<p>Service-oriented systems are often at the core of mission- or business-critical systems, and thus advanced quantitative analysis techniques are needed to assess, from the early development stages, whether or not the system accomplishes the stakeholder requirements and constraints. In this respect, in order to take advantage of the distributed nature of the considered systems, the use of distributed simulation (DS) appears the most natural and effective simulation approach. Nevertheless, the integration of traditional system development processes with DS approaches can be cost-And time-demanding. This paper presents SOAsim, a highly automated framework that allows system designers to generate the executable DS code from the model-based specification of the system under study, by use of automated model transformations. Moreover, in order to reduce the costs of setting-up dedicated DS platforms, SOAsim also automates the DS deployment and execution over a cloud-based infrastructure, according to a Platform-As-A-Service (PaaS) paradigm. {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.</p>},
	keywords = {Automated model transformations, Automated performance analysis, Automation, Computer aided software engineering, Development stages, Distributed simulations, Model-based specifications, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Service Oriented Systems, Simulation approach, Traditional systems},
	isbn = {9781509044863},
	doi = {10.1109/WSC.2016.7822154},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85014155535\&doi=10.1109\%2fWSC.2016.7822154\&partnerID=40\&md5=588d85610cba0fbef476d22e0f4a006f},
	author = {D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio, A. and Bocciarelli, P. and Mastromattei, A.},
	editor = {Roeder T.M., Szechtman R., Frazier P.I., Zhou E.}
}
