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https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1859/emmsad-00-preface.pdf
Iris Reinhartz-Berger, Wided Gudria, Palash Bera, Sérgio
Guerreiro
EMMSAD 2017 RADAR
in the 22d International Working Conference on Evaluation and
Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Development
(EMMSAD)
Essen, June 12-13, 2017
EMMSAD 2017 Radar Proceedings
Preface
The field 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, refinements, 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 analyt-
ics, the Internet of Things, etc. These ongoing changes significantly 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 under-
standing 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 anal-
yses, contingency identification, ontological evaluation, surveys, laboratory and
field 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 Analy-
sis and Design) focuses on evaluating, as well as exploring and enhancing, mod-
eling methods and techniques for the development of information and software
systems, enterprises, and business processes. The objective of the EMMSAD con-
ference 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 findings,
or initiatives.
– EMMSAD-Practice: reporting on lessons learned from practice or collab-
orations 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 Documenta-
tion and Test Cases
4. Combining Top-down and Bottom-up Enterprise Modelling
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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 Specific Conceptual Model Engi-
neering.
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 Iris Reinhartz-Berger
Wided Guédria
Palash Bera
Sérgio Guerreiro
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Organizers
Iris Reinhartz-Berger University of Haifa, Israel
Wided Guédria Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
(LIST), Luxembourg
Palash Bera Saint Louis University, USA
Sérgio Guerreiro Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon,
Portugal
Advisory Committee
John Krogstie Norwegian University of Science and Technology
(NTNU), Norway
Henderik A. Proper Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technol-
ogy (LIST), Luxembourg, and Radboud University
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Program Committee
Palash Bera Saint Louis University, USA
Sjaak Brinkkemper Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Tony Clark Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
Dolors Costal Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Sybren De Kinderen University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Rébecca Deneckère Centre de Recherche en Informatique, France
John Erickson University of Nebraska-Omaha, USA
Neil Ernst Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, USA
Christophe Feltus Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
(LIST), Luxembourg
Peter Fettke German Research Center for Artificial Inteilligence
(DFKI) and Saarland University, Germany
Kathrin Figl Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU),
Austria
Mohamad Gharib University of Florence, Italy
Jeff Gray University of Alabama, USA
Wided Guédria Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
(LIST), Luxembourg
Sérgio Guerreiro Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon,
Portugal
Giancarlo Guizzardi Federal University of Espirito Santo (UFES), Brazil
Stijn Hoppenbrouwers HAN University of Applied Sciences, the Nether-
lands
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Jennifer Horkoff Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Timothy Lethbridge University of Ottawa, Canada
Lidia Lopez Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain
Pericles Loucopoulos University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Florian Matthes Technische Universität München, Germany
Raimundas Matulevicius University of Tartu, Estland
Jan Mendling Vienna University of Economics and Business, Aus-
tria
Owen Molloy NUIG, Ireland
Haralambos Mouratidis University of Brighton, United Kingdom
John Mylopoulos University of Toronto, Canada
Andreas L Opdahl University of Bergen, Norway
Hervé Panetto CRAN, University of Lorraine, CNRS, France
Oscar Pastor Lopez Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Robert Pergl Czech Technical University, Czech
Anna Perini Fondazione Bruno Kessler Trento, Italy
Barbara Pernici Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Anne Persson University of Skövde, Sweden
Nuno Pombo University of Beira Interior, Portugal
Jolita Ralyté University of Geneva, Switzerland
Iris Reinhartz-Berger University of Haifa, Israel
Camille Salinesi CRI, Université de Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne,
France
Alberto Silva INESC-ID / Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Sase Singh Elizabeth City State University, USA
Monique Snoeck K.U.Leuven, Belgium
Il-Yeol Song Drexel University, USA
Janis Stirna Stockholm University, Sweden
Arnon Sturm Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Dirk van der Linden University of Haifa, Israel
Steven van Kervel Formetis BV, The Netherlands
Carson Woo University of British Columbia, Canada
Michael Wufka Douglas College, Canada
Marielba Zacarias Research Centre for Spatial and Organizational Dy-
namics, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Anna Zamansky University of Haifa, Israel
Jelena Zdravkovic Stockholm University, Sweden
Additional Reviewers
Martin Kleehaus Technische Universität München, Germany
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