@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 {Bocciarelli2015213,
	title = {A model-driven framework for distributed simulation of autonomous systems},
	booktitle = {Simulation Series},
	volume = {47},
	number = {8},
	year = {2015},
	note = {cited By 1},
	pages = {213-220},
	publisher = {The Society for Modeling and Simulation International},
	organization = {The Society for Modeling and Simulation International},
	abstract = {<p>The adoption of systems with autonomous capabilities is becoming more and more relevant in many real-world operational scenarios, in which risky operations have to be carried out (e.g., a military battlefield or a search-and-rescue operation). In this context, innovative approaches should be introduced at design time to ensure that the system will achieve the mission objectives at operation time. To this purpose, distributed simulation techniques have shown to be effective to deal with the inherent complexity of the environment to be simulated, which generally includes several interacting entities. Unfortunately, currently available distributed simulation standards, such as HLA (High Level Architecture), require a non-negligible effort and significant skills in terms of both simulation methodologies and related implementation technologies. In this respect, this paper focuses on the simulationbased analysis of systems with autonomous capabilities and introduces a model-driven approach to support the automated generation of HLA-based distributed simulations. The proposed approach is founded on the use of model transformation techniques and allows system designers to carry out a timely and cost-effective simulation-based analysis of the operational system without being required to own specific distributed simulation skills. {\textcopyright} 2015 Society for Modeling \&amp; Simulation International (SCS).</p>},
	keywords = {Autonomous systems, Cost effectiveness, Distributed simulation techniques, Distributed simulations, MDA, Model driven development, Model transformation technique, Search and rescue operations, Simulation-based analysis, Software architecture},
	issn = {07359276},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84928155948\&partnerID=40\&md5=9e8205a446169e040469dff647e9cfa3},
	author = {Bocciarelli, P. and Andrea D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio and Giglio, A. and Paglia, E.},
	editor = {Wang M.H., Barros F., D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio A., Zacharewicz G.}
}
@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 {D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio2011155,
	title = {A model transformation approach for the development of HLA-based distributed simulation systems},
	booktitle = {SIMULTECH 2011 - Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications},
	year = {2011},
	note = {cited By 3},
	pages = {155-160},
	abstract = {The development of HLA-based distributed simulation systems requires a significant expertise and a considerable effort for the inherent complexity of the HLA standard. This paper introduces an automated approach for the development of HLA-based simulation systems of higher quality at largely reduced time, effort and cost. The proposed approach is founded on the use of model transformation techniques and relies on standards introduced by the Model Driven Architecture (MDA). The proposed approach takes as input a UML model of the system to be simulated and yields as output both an intermediate UML model and the final code of the HLA-based distributed simulation system.},
	keywords = {Computer simulation, Distributed computer systems, Distributed simulation systems, High level architecture, HLA, MDA, Model driven development, Model transformation, Software architecture, Standardization, Unified Modeling Language},
	isbn = {9789898425782},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-80052596859\&partnerID=40\&md5=97f5284df768d7865992d397a976c663},
	author = {Andrea D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio and Iazeolla, G. and Pieroni, A. and Gianni, D.}
}
@conference {D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio20104,
	title = {A MDA-based approach for the development of DEVS/SOA simulations},
	booktitle = {Simulation Series},
	volume = {42},
	number = {1 BOOK 4},
	year = {2010},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {4-11},
	abstract = {The intrinsic complexity of the DEVS formalism and the manual production of DEVS-based simulations might constitute obstacles to the adoption of DEVS for both system modelers and simulation users. To overcome these obstacles, this paper introduces a model-driven approach for the development of DEVS simulations. The approach provides modelers and users with standard graphical modeling languages and with model transformation specifications for automated code production. Specifically, the approach enables the UML specification of DEVS models and automates the generation of DEVS simulations that make use of the DEVS/SOA implementation. An example application to the production of a DEVS/SOA simulation for a basic queuing system is also presented, to show the details of the proposed approach.},
	keywords = {DEVS, Discrete event simulation, Mathematical models, MDA, Model driven development, Model transformation, Software architecture, Specifications, UML},
	isbn = {9781617382048},
	issn = {07359276},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84887115977\&partnerID=40\&md5=d939ce7d1f75fadfcbdeca9335ab3f30},
	author = {Andrea D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio and Gianni, D. and Risco-Mart{\'\i}n, J.L. and Pieroni, A.}
}
@conference {Gianni2008,
	title = {A layered architecture for the model-driven development of distributed simulators},
	booktitle = {SIMUTools 2008 - 1st International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques for Communications, Networks and Systems},
	year = {2008},
	note = {cited By 12},
	publisher = {ICST},
	organization = {ICST},
	abstract = {The development of a distributed simulator requires knowledge and skills that might be unavailable or difficult to acquire. Bringing model-driven approaches to the development of distributed simulators contributes to reduce both the need for specific skills and the development effort. To support this innovative development methodology, we introduce a layered simulation architecture named SimArch that allows to define simulation models that can be transparently transformed into simulation programs ready to be executed in a distributed (or local) mode. SimArch defines layers of services at increasing levels of abstraction on top of the execution environment, thus allowing developers to build distributed simulators without explicit knowledge about the execution environment (local/distributed) and the specific distributed simulation infrastructure (e.g., HLA). In order to show the effectiveness of the proposed approach, SimArch has been provided with an Extended Queueing Network (EQN) simulation language, which has been applied to the development of an example distributed simulator in the computer network domain. Copyright {\textcopyright} 200F ICST 978-963-9799-20-2.},
	keywords = {Computational linguistics, Computer networks, Computer simulation languages, Development methodology, Distributed computer systems, Distributed simulations, Execution environments, HLA, Model driven development, Network architecture, Network simulation, Queueing networks, Simulation architecture, Simulation framework, Simulators},
	isbn = {9789639799233},
	doi = {10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2008.3071},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84923272498\&partnerID=40\&md5=512ca53ab563e55634811dc6f2c01695},
	author = {Gianni, D. and Andrea D{\textquoteright}Ambrogio and Iazeolla, G.},
	editor = {Heath J., Molnar S.}
}
