@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 {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 = {<p>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 \&amp; Simulation (M\&amp;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\&amp;S as a Service (MSaaS) is a promising paradigm that contributes to effectively ease the introduction of M\&amp;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\&amp;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\&amp;S-based analysis of BPs. {\textcopyright} 2017 Society for Modeling \&amp; Simulation International (SCS).</p>},
	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.}
}
