The eld of information and software systems development has resulted in a rich heritage of modeling methods and notations (e.g., ER, ORM, UML, ArchiMate, EPC, BPMN, DEMO). This canon of methods and notations continues to be enriched with extensions, re nements, and even new languages, to deal with new challenges. Even with some attempts to standardize, new modeling methods are constantly being introduced, especially in order to deal with emerging trends such as compliance and regulations, cloud computing, big data, business analytics, the Internet of Things, etc. These ongoing changes signi cantly impact the way information and software systems, enterprises, and business processes are being analyzed and designed in practice.
Evaluation of modeling methods contributes to the knowledge and understanding of their strengths and weaknesses. This knowledge may guide researchers toward the development of the next generation of modeling methods and help practitioners select the modeling methods most appropriate to their needs. A variety of empirical and non-empirical evaluation approaches can be found in the literature: feature comparison, meta-modeling, metrics, paradigmatic analyses, contingency identi cation, ontological evaluation, surveys, laboratory and eld experiments, case studies, and action research. Yet, there is a paucity of such research in the literature.
The EMMSAD conference (Exploring Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Design) focuses on evaluating, as well as exploring and enhancing, modeling methods and techniques for the development of information and software systems, enterprises, and business processes. The objective of the EMMSAD conference series is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in evaluation and modeling methods for systems development to meet and exchange research ideas and results. It also provides the participants with an opportunity to present their research papers and experience reports, and to take part in open discussions. More details can be found at http://www.emmsad.org/.
This year EMMSAD celebrates its 22nd edition, in Essen Germany. We opened two new categories of short papers: { EMMSAD-Next: reporting on research-in-progress, preliminary ndings, or initiatives. { EMMSAD-Practice: reporting on lessons learned from practice or collaborations with industry.
Four papers were accepted in those tracks and constitute EMMSAD-RADAR proceedings: 1. Architectural Intelligence: a Framework and Application to e-Learning 2. Towards Modeling Monitoring Services for Large-Scale Distributed Systems with Abstract State Machines 3. A Proposed Method in Agile Practices to Create Requirements Documentation and Test Cases 4. Combining Top-down and Bottom-up Enterprise Modelling
The proceedings further include the abstract of BPMDS/EMMSAD keynote, which was given by Heinrich C. Mayr, from Alpen-Adria-Universitt Klagenfurt, Austria. The title of the keynote was Domain Speci c Conceptual Model Engineering.
We wish to thank the EMMSAD 2017 RADAR authors for having shared their work with us, as well as the members of the EMMSAD 2017 Program Committee for their valuable reviews. We also thank the organizers of CAiSE 2017 for their help with the organization of the event and IFIP WG8.1 for the support. We wish you pleasant and fruitful event.
May 2017
Wided Guedria
Palash Bera Sergio Guerreiro
Sjaak Brinkkemper Tony Clark Dolors Costal Sybren De Kinderen Rebecca Deneckere John Erickson Neil Ernst Christophe Feltus
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg Saint Louis University, USA Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg, and Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Utrecht University, The Netherlands She eld Hallam University, United Kingdom Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Centre de Recherche en Informatique, France University of Nebraska-Omaha, USA Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, USA Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg German Research Center for Arti cial Inteilligence (DFKI) and Saarland University, Germany Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Austria University of Florence, Italy University of Alabama, USA Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal Federal University of Espirito Santo (UFES), Brazil HAN University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands
Haralambos Mouratidis John Mylopoulos Andreas L Opdahl Herve Panetto Oscar Pastor Lopez Robert Pergl Anna Perini Barbara Pernici Anne Persson Nuno Pombo Jolita Ralyte Iris Reinhartz-Berger Camille Salinesi
Sase Singh Monique Snoeck Il-Yeol Song Janis Stirna Arnon Sturm Dirk van der Linden Steven van Kervel Carson Woo Michael Wufka Marielba Zacarias Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden University of Ottawa, Canada Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain University of Manchester, United Kingdom Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany University of Tartu, Estland Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria NUIG, Ireland University of Brighton, United Kingdom University of Toronto, Canada University of Bergen, Norway CRAN, University of Lorraine, CNRS, France Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain Czech Technical University, Czech Fondazione Bruno Kessler Trento, Italy Politecnico di Milano, Italy University of Skovde, Sweden University of Beira Interior, Portugal University of Geneva, Switzerland University of Haifa, Israel CRI, Universite de Paris1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, France INESC-ID / Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal Elizabeth City State University, USA K.U.Leuven, Belgium Drexel University, USA Stockholm University, Sweden Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel University of Haifa, Israel Formetis BV, The Netherlands University of British Columbia, Canada Douglas College, Canada Research Centre for Spatial and Organizational Dynamics, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal University of Haifa, Israel Stockholm University, Sweden
Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany