@article { ISI:000389092100006, title = {A nifty collaborative intrusion detection and prevention architecture for Smart Grid ecosystems}, journal = {COMPUTERS \& SECURITY}, volume = {64}, year = {2017}, month = {JAN}, pages = {92-109}, abstract = {Smart Grid (SG) systems are critical, intelligent infrastructure utility services connected through open networks that are potentially susceptible to cyber-attacks with very acute security risks of shutdown, loss of life, and loss of revenue. Traditional intrusion detection systems based on signature and anomaly techniques are no longer sufficient to protect SGs due to their new connectivity and management challenges, the ever-rapidly-evolving masquerades, and cyber criminality levied against them. SGs require cyber-security systems to render them resilient and protected through advanced Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IDPS) techniques and mechanisms. This paper proposes a smart collaborative advanced IDPS to provide the best possible protection of SGs with a fully distributed management structure that supports the network and host based detections and the prevention of attacks. By facilitating a reliable, scalable, and flexible design, the specific requirements of IDPS for SGs can be more easily met via a fuzzy risk analyzer, an independent and ontology knowledge based inference engine module. These can work collaboratively by managing functions across multiple IDPS domains. A set of extensive and intensive simulated experiments shows that with its smart advanced components incorporating soft computing machine-learning techniques and a rich ontology knowledge base with fuzzy logic analysis, it detects and prevents intrusions more efficiently. The multi-faceted results of the simulation also show that the proposed Collaborative Smart IDPS (CSIDPS) system increases the intrusion detection accuracy and decreases the false positive alarms when compared to traditional IDPSs. This is epitomized by the skillful use of the confusion matrix technique for organizing classifiers, visualizing their performance, and assessing their overall behavior. In the final analysis, the CSIDPS architecture is designed toward contributing to de facto norms for SG ecosystems. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.}, issn = {0167-4048}, doi = {10.1016/j.cose.2016.07.002}, author = {Patel, Ahmed and Alhussian, Hitham and Pedersen, Jens Myrup and Bounabat, Bouchaib and Celestino Junior, Joaquim and Katsikas, Sokratis} } @conference { ISI:000383221800012, title = {ACTOR NETWORK THEORY AS A COLLABORATIVE MODE: THE CONTRIBUTION OF GAME THEORY IN THE INTERESSEMENT PHASE}, booktitle = {PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2015 5TH WORLD CONGRESS ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (WICT)}, year = {2015}, note = {5th World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT), Marrakesh, MOROCCO, DEC 14-16, 2015}, pages = {67-72}, publisher = {IEEE; IEEE Morocco Sect; IEEE Morocco Sect; IEEE SMC Tech Comm Soft Comp; Lab Informatique, Reseaux Mobilite Modelisation; lab Res Grp Intelligent Machines; MIR Labs}, organization = {IEEE; IEEE Morocco Sect; IEEE Morocco Sect; IEEE SMC Tech Comm Soft Comp; Lab Informatique, Reseaux Mobilite Modelisation; lab Res Grp Intelligent Machines; MIR Labs}, abstract = {Global Governance of projects requires cooperation between several actors. In general, such cooperation is ensured by building network collaboration between entities who want to collaborate. In spite of the existence of a number of works interested in collaboration network, only few of them were focused on how to construct a network. In this paper, we address this topic through Actor Network Theory. In particular way, we analyze interessement phase of ANT from a cooperative game point of view. Indeed, it{\textquoteright}s about negotiations between actors involved in business project. Our objective is to propose an approach of network establishment, by inciting actors through cost savings. For that, we use Shapley Value to answer the question: Which coalitions are likely to form in order to ensure best cost-saving objectives in ANT mode of collaboration? We propose also a graphical tool for visualizing networks and simulating their evolution.}, isbn = {978-1-4673-8712-5}, author = {Benqatla, Mohammed Salim and Dikra, Chikhaoui and Bounabat, Bouchaib}, editor = {Abrahim, A and Alimi, AM and Haqiq, A and Karray, H and Mousannif, H and BenHalima, M and Choo, YH and Ma, K} } @conference { ISI:000361005100095, title = {The impact of data accuracy on user-perceived business service{\textquoteright}s quality}, booktitle = {PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2015 10TH IBERIAN CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES (CISTI 2015)}, year = {2015}, note = {10th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI), Univ Aveiro, Sch Technol \& Agueda Management, Agueda, PORTUGAL, JUN 17-20, 2015}, publisher = {Iberian Assoc Syst Informat Technol}, organization = {Iberian Assoc Syst Informat Technol}, abstract = {As business processes have become increasingly automated, data quality becomes the limiting and penalizing factor in the business service{\textquoteright}s overall quality, and thus impacts customer satisfaction, whether it is an end-user, an institutional partner or a regulatory authority. The available research that is related to business services{\textquoteright} quality paid very little attention to the impact of poor data quality on good services delivery and customer satisfaction, and to the calculation of the optimal level of data quality. The aim of this paper is to present a customer-oriented approach that will help to understand and analyze how an organization business service{\textquoteright}s overall quality is linked to the quality of upstream business processes and of data objects in use. This paper also introduces a calculation framework that allows the identification of an optimal level of data quality - data accuracy dimension in the case of this paper - taking into account the business processes{\textquoteright} execution accuracy and data accuracy.}, author = {Belhiah, Meryam and Bounabat, Bouchaib and Achchab, Said}, editor = {Rocha, A and Dias, GP and Martins, A and Reis, LP and Cota, MP} } @conference { ISI:000380620300095, title = {The impact of data accuracy on user-perceived business service{\textquoteright}s quality}, booktitle = {2015 10TH IBERIAN CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES (CISTI)}, series = {Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies}, year = {2015}, note = {10th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI), Univ Aveiro, Sch Technol \& Agueda Management, Agueda, PORTUGAL, JUN 17-20, 2015}, publisher = {Iberian Assoc Syst Informat Technol}, organization = {Iberian Assoc Syst Informat Technol}, abstract = {As business processes have become increasingly automated, data quality becomes the limiting and penalizing factor in the business service{\textquoteright}s overall quality, and thus impacts customer satisfaction, whether it is an end-user, an institutional partner or a regulatory authority. The available research that is related to business services{\textquoteright} quality paid very little attention to the impact of poor data quality on good services delivery and customer satisfaction, and to the calculation of the optimal level of data quality. The aim of this paper is to present a customer-oriented approach that will help to understand and analyze how an organization business service{\textquoteright}s overall quality is linked to the quality of upstream business processes and of data objects in use. This paper also introduces a calculation framework that allows the identification of an optimal level of data quality - data accuracy dimension in the case of this paper - taking into account the business processes{\textquoteright} execution accuracy and data accuracy.}, isbn = {978-1-4799-8330-8}, issn = {2166-0727}, author = {Belhiah, Meryam and Bounabat, Bouchaib and Achchab, Said}, editor = {Rocha, A and Dias, GP and Martins, A and Reis, LP and Cota, MP} } @conference { ISI:000380409500056, title = {Ontology based composition of e-Government services using AI Planning}, booktitle = {2015 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS: THEORIES AND APPLICATIONS (SITA)}, year = {2015}, note = {10th International Conference on Intelligent Systems - Theories and Applications (SITA), ENSIAS, Rabat, MOROCCO, OCT 20-21, 2015}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, abstract = {A major propelling technology for electronic government (e-Government) is the powerful concept of Semantic Web Service. Semantically enriched Web services promise to increase the level of automation and to reduce integration efforts significantly. On the other hand, and due to the heterogeneous structure of the public sector, the achievement of interoperability and integration is a key challenge for a comprehensive e-Government. Therefore, the combination of e-Government and Semantic Web Services is very much natural. In this paper, we present a dynamic approach for semantically composing e-Government Web services based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques. The overall objective of our approach is to improve the citizen centric e-Government vision by providing a platform for automatically discovering, composing and optimizing e-Government services.}, isbn = {978-1-5090-0220-7}, author = {Adadi, Amina and Berrada, Mohammed and Chenouni, Driss and Bounabat, Bouchaib} } @conference { ISI:000380450100053, title = {Towards an approach for behavioral specification of Reactive Multi-Agent system}, booktitle = {2015 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION \& COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND ACCESSIBILITY (ICTA)}, year = {2015}, note = {5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessbility (ICTA), Marrakech, MOROCCO, DEC 21-23, 2015}, abstract = {Reactive Multi-Agent system (RMAS) has emerged as an attractive technology for the design and implementation of distributed and cooperative systems. The RMAS main challenge is how to clearly identify its local and global behavior. Several approaches have been introduced to deal with behavioral specification of RMAS. However, there is a lack in the specification and verification process that facilitates understanding the system from goals identification that the system expects to achieve to formal verification of system properties. In this paper, we are interested to the specification problem of Reactive Multi-Agent System (RMAS) for both individual and collective behavior by taking into account two modes of specification: normal mode and fault-tolerance mode. To do so, we propose a method called BECAMEDA (Behavioral SpEcification and VerifiCAtion of RMAS based on E-MDRA) for the specification and verification of reactive Multi-agent system based on the MDRA (Multi-Decisional Reactive Agent) models. The MDRA specifies the reactive agent behavior by highlighting the decisional aspect of the agent. The BECAMEDA method will be described throughout an example of Car Crisis Management.}, author = {Haqiq, Abdelhay and Bounabat, Bouchaib} } @conference { ISI:000332960400040, title = {Fulvis: New approach for selecting views to materialize in Hybrid Information Integration}, booktitle = {2013 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (CSIT)}, series = {International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology}, year = {2013}, note = {5th International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (CSIT), Appl Sci Private Univ, Amman, JORDAN, MAR 27-28, 2013}, pages = {248-255}, publisher = {Appl Sci Private Univ, Fac Informat Technol}, organization = {Appl Sci Private Univ, Fac Informat Technol}, abstract = {The most important disadvantage of the hybrid approach of information integration is the complexity of selecting the data to materialize, in particular if the data sources are changing and numerous. Several approaches have been proposed to make this task easier. In this paper, we show the shortcomings of the existing ones and we propose to cure this by offering a new flexible approach, we named Fulvis, based on fuzzy logic.}, isbn = {978-1-4673-5825-5}, issn = {2381-3458}, author = {Hadi, Wadii and Zellou, Ahmed and Bounabat, Bouchaib} } @conference { ISI:000350287800011, title = {Quality based Project Control using Interoperability degree as a Quality Factor}, booktitle = {2013 3RD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ISKO-MAGHREB}, year = {2013}, note = {ISKO-Maghreb 3rd International Symposium, Marrakech, MOROCCO, NOV 08-09, 2013}, publisher = {ISKO}, organization = {ISKO}, abstract = {In the project management domain, the cost, time and quality triangle, called {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}iron triangle{{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright}}, is used to model project constraints and to define its main goals. The cost and time dimensions are highly mature and stable, but the quality dimension is considered under-researched in projects by many authors. In this paper, we will focus on {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}interoperability degree{{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright}} as a quality factor of information systems based on heterogeneous components that interact and exchange information between them. We will also present a methodology to manage and control execution of interoperability degree improvement projects. The proposed methodology will be based on mature and proved tools and frameworks like Control Theory and Project planning theory.}, isbn = {978-1-4799-3392-1}, author = {Taoudi, Abderrahim and Bounabat, Bouchaib and Elmir, Badr} } @conference { ISI:000345294000016, title = {Toward a Methodology to Control Interoperability Improvement Projects Execution}, booktitle = {ENTERPRISE INTEROPERABILITY, IWEI 2013}, series = {Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing}, volume = {144}, year = {2013}, note = {5th International IFIP Working Conference on Enterprise Interoperability (IWEI), Univ Twente, Enschede, NETHERLANDS, MAR 27-28, 2013}, pages = {186-197}, publisher = {IFIP; IFIP Working Grp 5.8; INTEROP VLab; IFIP TC5; OMG; TNO; Novay}, organization = {IFIP; IFIP Working Grp 5.8; INTEROP VLab; IFIP TC5; OMG; TNO; Novay}, abstract = {In front of the increasing complexity of information systems, improving enterprise interoperability has become a crucial element for better management. To address this issue, several research projects have been launched during the last decade and have resulted in a set of frameworks which help organizing and performing enterprise interoperability projects efficiently. In addition to these frameworks, many metrics have been also developed to measure the interoperability degree between systems. However, these frameworks and metrics are not sufficient to better control execution of these projects. Indeed, they don{\textquoteright}t take into account resource management and unanticipated events or situations that can be encountered during execution. Moreover, there is a real lack in methodologies to deal with this situation. The aim of this paper is to introduce a new approach to control interoperability improvement projects execution by using control theory, project planning theory and a specific quantitative interoperability metric RatIop.}, isbn = {978-3-642-36796-0; 978-3-642-36795-3}, issn = {1865-1348}, author = {Taoudi, Abderrahim and Bounabat, Bouchaib and Elmir, Badr}, editor = {VanSinderen, M and Luttighuis, PO and Folmer, E and Bosems, S} } @conference { ISI:000345773800002, title = {Verification of Multi Decisional Reactive Agent using SMV Model Checker}, booktitle = {2013 8TH INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AND TEST SYMPOSIUM (IDT)}, series = {International Design and Test Symposium}, year = {2013}, note = {8th IEEE International Design and Test Symposium (IDT), Marrakesh, MOROCCO, DEC 16-18, 2013}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, abstract = {On account of the evolution of technology, more complicated software arrives with the need to be verified to prevent the errors occurrence in a system which could generate fatal accidents and economic loss. These errors must be detected in an early stage during the development process to reduce redesign costs and faults. To ensure the correctness of software systems, formal verification provides an alternative approach to verify that an implementation of the expected system fulfills its specification. This paper focuses on the verification of reactive system behaviors specified by the Multi Decisional Reactive Agent (MDRA) and modeled using MDRA Profile. The objective in this paper is to use the Model Checking technique for MDRA Profile verification through the Model Checker SMV (Symbolic Model Verifier) to automatically verify the system properties expressed in temporal logic. The SMV mainly focusing on reactive systems provides a modular hierarchical descriptions and definition of reusable components. Besides, the expression of system properties is more described through both Computational Tree Logic (CTL) and Linear Temporal Logic (LTL).}, isbn = {978-1-4799-3525-3}, issn = {2162-061X}, author = {Haqiq, Abdelhay and Bounabat, Bouchaib} } @article { ISI:000311773200010, title = {Interoperability optimization in healthcare collaboration networks}, journal = {BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING-BIOMEDIZINISCHE TECHNIK}, volume = {57}, number = {5}, year = {2012}, pages = {403-411}, abstract = {Interoperability is one of the most challenging concerns that face healthcare information system (HIS) actors. Interoperability implementation in this context may be a data exchange interfacing, a service oriented interaction or even a composition of new composite healthcare processes. In fact, optimizing efforts of interoperability achievement is a key requirement to effectively setup, develop and evolve intra- and inter-organizational collaboration. To ensure interoperability project effectiveness, this paper proposes a modeling representation of health processes interoperability evolution. Interoperability degrees of involved automated processes are assessed using a ratio metric, taking into account all significant aspects, such as potentiality, compatibility and operational performance. Then, a particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO) is used as a heuristic optimization method to find the best distribution of effort needed to establish an efficient healthcare collaborative network.}, issn = {0013-5585}, doi = {10.1515/bmt-2011-0118}, author = {Alrajeh, Nabil A. and Elmir, Badr and Bounabat, Bouchaib and El Hami, Norelislam} } @article {6016823720110101, title = {Interoperability Monitoring for eGovernment Service Delivery Based on Enterprise Architecture.}, journal = {Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Management \& Evaluation}, year = {2011}, pages = {169 - 180}, abstract = {Public administration has to prepare itself to deliver fully integrated eGovernment services. This delivery often requires cooperation via business processes interoperability across two or more departments. In this context, public departments and agencies need to implement interoperability using enterprise architecture techniques to structure business processes, and service oriented models to achieve their integration. Thus, it{\textquoteright}s quite interesting to adopt enterprise architecture paradigm and techniques to analyse, track and control the evolution degree of processes interoperability from the existing "as-is" state to the future "to-be" state. The present paper proposes a periodic monitoring approach based on an assessment method which considers three main aspects of interoperation: 1. Potentiality, reflecting the preparation to interoperate. The objective is to foster interoperation readiness by eliminating barriers that may obstruct the interaction. 2. Compatibility, referring to int}, keywords = {and eHealth, communication, Computer software, enterprise architecture, integrated public eService, Internet, Internetworking (Telecommunication), interoperability assessment, Local government, Organizational governance, periodic monitoring, Public administration, Public hospitals}, url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true\&db=bth\&AN=60168237\&site=ehost-live}, author = {Elmir, Badr and Alrajeh, Nabil and Bounabat, Bouchaib} } @article {6016824720110101, title = {Toward a Novel Methodology for IT Strategic Planning.}, journal = {Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Management \& Evaluation}, year = {2011}, pages = {263 - 273}, abstract = {Defining IT target state and the specific roadmap to attain it, are main focuses of IT strategic planning which is considered increasingly as the basis for IT decision-making and governance. Unfortunately, it hasn{\textquoteright}t evolved with the same speed as other fields in the IT sphere. Most of the techniques, approaches and methods related to IT Strategic Planning date back to the 80s or 90s and are most often oriented business rather than IT. Enterprise Architecture is a really promising discipline aimed at capturing the as-is architecture of an enterprise, defining the target and the roadmap to get from existing to desired state. In that way, it is tightly related to IT strategic planning and it can provide a framework to fill the gap and contribute in structuring and formalizing IT Strategic Planning field. Enterprise Architecture benefits from a standardization effort as well as from tool support. Deliverables and artifacts are generally well defined and structured in the existing framewor}, keywords = {Business enterprises, content framework, Decision making, enterprise architecture, Information technology, IS strategic planning, metamodel, Methodology, Standardization, Strategic planning}, url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true\&db=bth\&AN=60168247\&site=ehost-live}, author = {Lakhdissi, Mouhsine and Bounabat, Bouchaib} }