Publications

@inproceedings{cossentinoEngineeringSelfadaptiveSystems2019,

title = {Engineering Self-adaptive Systems: From Experiences with MUSA to a General Design Process},

author = { Massimo Cossentino and Luca Sabatucci and Valeria Seidita},

doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-25693-7_6},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-01-01},

booktitle = {Engineering Multi-Agent Systems: 6th International Workshop, EMAS 2018, Stockholm, Sweden, July 14-15, 2018, Revised Selected Papers 6},

pages = {96--116},

publisher = {Springer International Publishing},

abstract = {Designing and developing complex self-adaptive systems require design processes having specific features fitting and representing the complexity of these systems. Changing requirements, users' needs and dynamic environment have to be taken in consideration, also con- sidering that, due of the self-adaptive nature of the system, the solution is not fixed at design time but it is a run-time outcome. Traditional design approach and life cycles are not suitable to design software sys- tems where requirements continuously change at runtime. A new design process paradigm is needed to design such systems. In this Chapter, we present a retrospective analysis based on three projects developed in the last five years with the middleware MUSA in order to identify specific features of the design process for supporting continuous change and self-adaptation. The result is a general approach allowing to reduce the gap between design time and run-time.},

keywords = {Continuous change, Design Process, Retrospective analysis, Self-Adaptive Systems},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{cossentino_engineering_2019,

title = {Engineering Self-adaptive Systems: From Experiences with MUSA to a General Design Process},

author = {Massimo Cossentino and Luca Sabatucci and Valeria Seidita},

doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-25693-7_6},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-01-01},

booktitle = {Engineering Multi-Agent Systems: 6th International Workshop, EMAS 2018, Stockholm, Sweden, July 14-15, 2018, Revised Selected Papers 6},

pages = {96–116},

publisher = {Springer International Publishing},

abstract = {Designing and developing complex self-adaptive systems require design processes having specific features fitting and representing the complexity of these systems. Changing requirements, users’ needs and dynamic environment have to be taken in consideration, also con- sidering that, due of the self-adaptive nature of the system, the solution is not fixed at design time but it is a run-time outcome. Traditional design approach and life cycles are not suitable to design software sys- tems where requirements continuously change at runtime. A new design process paradigm is needed to design such systems. In this Chapter, we present a retrospective analysis based on three projects developed in the last five years with the middleware MUSA in order to identify specific features of the design process for supporting continuous change and self-adaptation. The result is a general approach allowing to reduce the gap between design time and run-time.},

keywords = {Continuous change, Design Process, Retrospective analysis, Self-Adaptive Systems},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{periniEvolvingRequirementsSociotechnical2011,

title = {Evolving Requirements in Socio-Technical Systems: Concepts and Practice},

author = { Anna Perini and Nauman A. Qureshi and Luca Sabatucci and Alberto Siena and Angelo Susi},

doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-24606-7_34},

year  = {2011},

date = {2011-01-01},

booktitle = {Conceptual Modeling–ER 2011: 30th International Conference, ER 2011, Brussels, Belgium, October 31-November 3, 2011. Proceedings 30},

pages = {440--447},

publisher = {Springer Berlin Heidelberg},

abstract = {Changes in requirements are inevitable in the context of socio-technical systems (STS) that involve human organizations with their rules, as well as individuals and software systems. In these complex systems need for changes may emerge once software components come into operation, due to undesirable behavior of the STS, or due to variations in organization rules, laws, resources and STS's components themselves. This leads to a problem of continuous analysis of evolving requirements in a traceable way. Our work is motivated by experience in a real project in the health-care domain, and in analysis practices based on participatory design methods (scenarios and personas) and on techniques for law-compliant requirements analysis. We revisit this experience and generalize it into a novel framework that provides concepts and practices to support an evolutionary and "participatory" process for requirements evolution in STS.},

keywords = {AAL for the Elderly, Continuous change, Law Compliance, Requirement Engineering, User-Centred Design},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{perini_evolving_2011,

title = {Evolving requirements in socio-technical systems: Concepts and practice},

author = {Anna Perini and Nauman A. Qureshi and Luca Sabatucci and Alberto Siena and Angelo Susi},

doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-24606-7_34},

year  = {2011},

date = {2011-01-01},

booktitle = {Conceptual Modeling–ER 2011: 30th International Conference, ER 2011, Brussels, Belgium, October 31-November 3, 2011. Proceedings 30},

pages = {440–447},

publisher = {Springer Berlin Heidelberg},

abstract = {Changes in requirements are inevitable in the context of socio-technical systems (STS) that involve human organizations with their rules, as well as individuals and software systems. In these complex systems need for changes may emerge once software components come into operation, due to undesirable behavior of the STS, or due to variations in organization rules, laws, resources and STS's components themselves. This leads to a problem of continuous analysis of evolving requirements in a traceable way. Our work is motivated by experience in a real project in the health-care domain, and in analysis practices based on participatory design methods (scenarios and personas) and on techniques for law-compliant requirements analysis. We revisit this experience and generalize it into a novel framework that provides concepts and practices to support an evolutionary and "participatory" process for requirements evolution in STS.},

keywords = {AAL for the Elderly, Continuous change, Law Compliance, Requirement Engineering, User-Centred Design},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}