AHCI RESEARCH GROUP
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2021
Bures, Tomas; Weyns, Danny; Schmerl, Bradley; Fitzgerald, John; Aniculaesei, Adina; Berger, Christian; ao Cambeiro, Jo; Carlson, Jan; Chowdhury, Shafiul Azam; Daun, Marian; others,
Software Engineering for Smart Cyber-Physical Systems (SEsCPS 2018)-Workshop Report Journal Article
In: ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 11–13, 2021.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Cyber-Physical Systems, Software engineering
@article{buresSoftwareEngineeringSmart2021,
title = {Software Engineering for Smart Cyber-Physical Systems (SEsCPS 2018)-Workshop Report},
author = { Tomas Bures and Danny Weyns and Bradley Schmerl and John Fitzgerald and Adina Aniculaesei and Christian Berger and Jo{~a}o Cambeiro and Jan Carlson and Shafiul Azam Chowdhury and Marian Daun and others},
doi = {10.1145/3364452.3364465},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
journal = {ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes},
volume = {44},
number = {4},
pages = {11--13},
abstract = {Smart Cyber-Physical Systems (sCPS) are a novel kind of Cyber- Phy sical Sy stem engineered to take advantage of large-scale cooperation between devices, users and environment to achieve added value in the face of uncertainty and changing environments. Examples of sCPS include modern traffic systems, Industry 4.0 systems, systems for smart buildings, and smart energy grids. The uniting aspect of all these sy stems is that to achieve their high level of intelligence, adaptivity and ability to optimize and learn, they rely heavily on software. This makes them software-intensive systems, where software becomes their most complex part. Engineering sCPS thus becomes a recognized software engineering discipline, which, due to specifics of sCPS, can only partially rely on the existing body of knowledge in software engineering. In fact, it turns out that many of the traditional approaches to architecture modeling and software development fall short in their ability to cope with the high dynamicity and uncertainty of sCPS. This calls for innovative approaches that jointly reflect and address the specifics of such systems. This paper maps the discussions and results of the Fourth International Workshop on Software Engineering for Smart Cyber-Physical Systems (SEsCPS 2018), which focuses on challenges and promising solutions in the area of software engineering for sCPS.},
keywords = {Cyber-Physical Systems, Software engineering},
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Smart Cyber-Physical Systems (sCPS) are a novel kind of Cyber- Phy sical Sy stem engineered to take advantage of large-scale cooperation between devices, users and environment to achieve added value in the face of uncertainty and changing environments. Examples of sCPS include modern traffic systems, Industry 4.0 systems, systems for smart buildings, and smart energy grids. The uniting aspect of all these sy stems is that to achieve their high level of intelligence, adaptivity and ability to optimize and learn, they rely heavily on software. This makes them software-intensive systems, where software becomes their most complex part. Engineering sCPS thus becomes a recognized software engineering discipline, which, due to specifics of sCPS, can only partially rely on the existing body of knowledge in software engineering. In fact, it turns out that many of the traditional approaches to architecture modeling and software development fall short in their ability to cope with the high dynamicity and uncertainty of sCPS. This calls for innovative approaches that jointly reflect and address the specifics of such systems. This paper maps the discussions and results of the Fourth International Workshop on Software Engineering for Smart Cyber-Physical Systems (SEsCPS 2018), which focuses on challenges and promising solutions in the area of software engineering for sCPS.
2017
Sabatucci, Luca; Lopes, Salvatore; Cossentino, Massimo
Self-Configuring Cloud Application Mashup with Goals and Capabilities Journal Article
In: Cluster Computing, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 2047–2063, 2017.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Business Process, Cloud computing, Goal-Oriented Approach, Self-Adaptive Systems, Self-Configuration, Software engineering
@article{sabatucciSelfconfiguringCloudApplication2017,
title = {Self-Configuring Cloud Application Mashup with Goals and Capabilities},
author = { Luca Sabatucci and Salvatore Lopes and Massimo Cossentino},
doi = {10.1007/s10586-017-0911-7},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
journal = {Cluster Computing},
volume = {20},
number = {3},
pages = {2047--2063},
abstract = {Cloud mashup is a technique for the seamless composition of SaaS applications from several sources into a single integrated solution. This paper presents a general approach for automatically composing applications and services deployed over the Cloud. The proposed approach implies to encapsulate distributed processes into smart and autonomic entities, namely cloud capabilities. Despite the lack of a central mashup server, these processes are able to autonomously organize in order to establish different ways to address the desired result. The approach uses a couple of languages for describing respectively the mashup logic in terms of goals and the available functionalities in terms of capabilities. The explicit decoupling between user's goals and capabilities provides the system the freedom to generate the orchestration plan at run-time, according to the contextual state. An industrial case study, conducted in for a scientific project, has provided the conditions for evaluating the running example of a B2B business process for a fashion enterprise.},
keywords = {Business Process, Cloud computing, Goal-Oriented Approach, Self-Adaptive Systems, Self-Configuration, Software engineering},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Cloud mashup is a technique for the seamless composition of SaaS applications from several sources into a single integrated solution. This paper presents a general approach for automatically composing applications and services deployed over the Cloud. The proposed approach implies to encapsulate distributed processes into smart and autonomic entities, namely cloud capabilities. Despite the lack of a central mashup server, these processes are able to autonomously organize in order to establish different ways to address the desired result. The approach uses a couple of languages for describing respectively the mashup logic in terms of goals and the available functionalities in terms of capabilities. The explicit decoupling between user's goals and capabilities provides the system the freedom to generate the orchestration plan at run-time, according to the contextual state. An industrial case study, conducted in for a scientific project, has provided the conditions for evaluating the running example of a B2B business process for a fashion enterprise.
2015
Sabatucci, Luca; Cossentino, Massimo; Susi, Angelo
A Goal-Oriented Approach for Representing and Using Design Patterns Journal Article
In: Journal of Systems and Software, vol. 110, pp. 136–154, 2015.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Design Patterns, Goal-Oriented Approach, Software engineering
@article{sabatucciGoalorientedApproachRepresenting2015,
title = {A Goal-Oriented Approach for Representing and Using Design Patterns},
author = { Luca Sabatucci and Massimo Cossentino and Angelo Susi},
doi = {10.1016/j.jss.2015.07.040},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {Journal of Systems and Software},
volume = {110},
pages = {136--154},
abstract = {Design patterns are known as proven solutions to recurring design problems. The role of pattern documentation format is to transfer experience thus making pattern employment a viable technique. This research line proposes a goal-oriented pattern documentation that highlights decision-relevant information. The contribution of this paper is twofold. First, it presents a semi-structural visual notation that visualizes context, forces, alternative solutions and consequences in a compact format. Second, it introduces a systematic reuse process, in which the use of goal-oriented patterns aids the practitioner in selecting and customizing design patterns. An empirical study has been conducted the results of which supports the hypothesis that the goal-oriented format provides benefits for the practitioner. The experiment revealed a trend in which solutions better address requirements when the subjects are equipped with the new pattern documentation.},
keywords = {Design Patterns, Goal-Oriented Approach, Software engineering},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Design patterns are known as proven solutions to recurring design problems. The role of pattern documentation format is to transfer experience thus making pattern employment a viable technique. This research line proposes a goal-oriented pattern documentation that highlights decision-relevant information. The contribution of this paper is twofold. First, it presents a semi-structural visual notation that visualizes context, forces, alternative solutions and consequences in a compact format. Second, it introduces a systematic reuse process, in which the use of goal-oriented patterns aids the practitioner in selecting and customizing design patterns. An empirical study has been conducted the results of which supports the hypothesis that the goal-oriented format provides benefits for the practitioner. The experiment revealed a trend in which solutions better address requirements when the subjects are equipped with the new pattern documentation.
2007
Cossentino, Massimo; Sabatucci, Luca; Seidita, Valeria; Gaglio, Salvatore
An Expert System for the Design of Agents Proceedings Article
In: ICDIM, pp. 805–810, 2007.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Agents, Design Patterns, Software engineering
@inproceedings{cossentinoExpertSystemDesign2007,
title = {An Expert System for the Design of Agents},
author = { Massimo Cossentino and Luca Sabatucci and Valeria Seidita and Salvatore Gaglio},
doi = {10.1109/ICDIM.2007.4444323},
year = {2007},
date = {2007-01-01},
booktitle = {ICDIM},
pages = {805--810},
abstract = {The growing interest for the design and development of multi-agent systems has brought to the creation of a specific research area called Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE), specifically conceived for the development of complex systems. The development of such systems needs the support of appropriate tools that could help the designer in producing the design artefacts. We developed a tool called Metameth that may be used to define a new (agent-oriented) design process as well as to apply it. In this paper, we describe only a slice of this complex tool, specifically addressing the interaction with human actors (the designers). This subsystem is conceived as a collaborative multi-agent expert system, where each agent is capable of reasoning and adapting itself in order to support the designer in performing different kinds of design activities, regarding the use of various notations, and process life-cycles.},
keywords = {Agents, Design Patterns, Software engineering},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
The growing interest for the design and development of multi-agent systems has brought to the creation of a specific research area called Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE), specifically conceived for the development of complex systems. The development of such systems needs the support of appropriate tools that could help the designer in producing the design artefacts. We developed a tool called Metameth that may be used to define a new (agent-oriented) design process as well as to apply it. In this paper, we describe only a slice of this complex tool, specifically addressing the interaction with human actors (the designers). This subsystem is conceived as a collaborative multi-agent expert system, where each agent is capable of reasoning and adapting itself in order to support the designer in performing different kinds of design activities, regarding the use of various notations, and process life-cycles.