@article {Hamlaoui20211,
	title = {Model-driven Approach To Align Heterogeneous Models Of A Complex System},
	journal = {Journal of Object Technology},
	volume = {20},
	number = {2},
	year = {2021},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {1-24},
	abstract = {To understand and manipulate a complex system, it is necessary to apply the separation of concerns and produce separate models, called viewpoints models. These models represent views on the system that correspond to distinct business domains. They are generally heterogeneous, i.e. conform to different meta-models. The management of the system{\textquoteright}s global model (a complete view of the system) requires the identification of the existing correspondences among the viewpoints models. However, in practice these correspondences are either incompletely identified or not sufficiently formalized to be maintained when models evolve. This restricts their use and does not allow their full exploitation for managing the global model. To fix this issue, we propose AHM (Alignment of Heterogeneous Models), an approach to organize the source models as a network of models through a virtual global model called M1C (Model of correspondences between models) that conforms to a Meta-Model of Correspondences (MMC). AHM proposes also a process, allowing for both the creation of the global model, and its consistency control. Partial automation of this process is done through a refining mechanism supported by a semantics expression described in a Domain Specific Language (DSL). The application of AHM is illustrated by the example of a conference management system. A prototype of a tool called Heterogeneous Matching and Consistency management Suite (HMCS) has been developed to support this approach. {\textcopyright} 2021. All Rights Reserved.},
	doi = {10.5381/JOT.2021.20.2.A2},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85111507313\&doi=10.5381\%2fJOT.2021.20.2.A2\&partnerID=40\&md5=606f7cf84d332b83818bec57d20a3d0b},
	author = {Hamlaoui, M.E. and Ebersold, S. and Bennani, S. and Anwar, A. and Dkaki, T. and Nassar, M. and Coulette, B.}
}
@article {Chabibi201917,
	title = {SimulML: A DSML for simulating SysML models},
	journal = {Journal of Computing Science and Engineering},
	volume = {13},
	number = {1},
	year = {2019},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {17-31},
	doi = {10.5626/JCSE.2019.13.1.17},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85064554918\&doi=10.5626\%2fJCSE.2019.13.1.17\&partnerID=40\&md5=9335bd1dbb7ad1c561bf7e9b03c66c37},
	author = {Chabibi, B. and Nassar, M. and Anwar, A.}
}
@conference {Zerrouk2017,
	title = {Collaborative modelling: An MDE-oriented process to manage large-scale models},
	booktitle = {2017 International Conference on Wireless Technologies, Embedded and Intelligent Systems, WITS 2017},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {The application of Model Driven Engineering in an industrial context implies working with large models, hence the need for collaborative modeling. Each developer focuses on a part of the large model and may manipulate it independently. As each part evolves rapidly and concurrently due to changes made by different designers, inconsistencies may occur. This work aims to provide support for dealing with concurrent changes. We propose a metamodel for the description of large models, and we also propose a process for the management of concurrent changes. {\textcopyright} 2017 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/WITS.2017.7934626},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85021631540\&doi=10.1109\%2fWITS.2017.7934626\&partnerID=40\&md5=21c3bf573defa27ec9db8cab24e64611},
	author = {Zerrouk, M. and Anwar, A. and Benelallam, I. and Elhamlaoui, M.}
}
@article {Laghouaouta2017142,
	title = {A dedicated approach for model composition traceability},
	journal = {Information and Software Technology},
	volume = {91},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {142-159},
	abstract = {Context: Software systems are often too complex to be expressed by a single model. Recognizing this, the Model Driven Engineering (MDE) proposes multi-modeling approaches to allow developers to describe a system from different perspectives. In this context, model composition has become important since the combination of those partial representations is inevitable. Nevertheless, no approach has been defined for keeping track of the composition effects, and this operation has been overshadowed by model transformations. Objective This paper presents a traceability approach dedicated to the composition of models. Two aspects of quality are considered: producing relevant traces; and dealing with scalability. Method The composition of softgoal trees has been selected to motivate the need for tracing the composition of models and to illustrate our approach. The base principle is to augment the specification of the composition with the behavior needed to generate the expected composed model accompanied with a trace model. This latter includes traces of the execution details. For that, traceability is considered as a crosscutting concern and encapsulated in an aspect. As part of the proposal, an Eclipse plug-in has been implemented as a tool support. Besides, a comparative experiment has been conducted to assess the traces relevance. We also used the regression method to validate the scalability of the tool support. Results Our experiments show that the proposed approach allows generating relevant traces. In addition, the obtained results reveal that tracing a growing number of elements causes an acceptable increase of response time. Conclusion This paper presents a traceability approach dedicated to the composition of models and its application to softgoal trees. The experiment results reveal that our proposal considers the composition specificities for producing valuable traceability information while supporting scalability. {\textcopyright} 2017 Elsevier B.V.},
	doi = {10.1016/j.infsof.2017.07.002},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85021928111\&doi=10.1016\%2fj.infsof.2017.07.002\&partnerID=40\&md5=efd71b14c98f0091be2f0f61bbb50a3f},
	author = {Laghouaouta, Y. and Anwar, A. and Nassar, M. and Coulette, B.}
}
@conference {Chabibi2017,
	title = {Metamodeling approach for creating an abstract representation of simulation tools concepts},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {Models have always been adopted in trades implemented in Systems Engineering (SE). Those models go from concrete representations, such as reduced plans or models, to abstract ones like equations systems. In this context, SysML became an SE standard because of its capabilities of supporting the specification, analysis, design, verification and validation of a broad range of systems and systems-of-systems. However, SysML descriptive models are insufficient to perform system behavior verifications. This lack can be handled by simulation process that allows performing experiments on models to eliminate poor design alternatives, and ensures that a preferred alternative meets the stakeholders{\textquoteright} objectives. As design process efficiency is considerably reduced by the fact that both system modeling and simulation tools are often used separately, several research works aim combining and integrating both approaches in a common framework. This paper proposes a study of common constructs, semantics and modeling methodologies of simulation tools on the basis of whom we define a modeling language that we name: Simulation Modeling Language. This latter is aimed to bridge the gap between SysML modeling and various simulation tools. {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/AICCSA.2016.7945702},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85022040665\&doi=10.1109\%2fAICCSA.2016.7945702\&partnerID=40\&md5=d1fe0f6b95968d7d57159b55cefc34da},
	author = {Chabibi, B. and Anwar, A. and Nassar, M.}
}
@conference {Essadi2017,
	title = {Operators role-based approach to coordinate between heterogeneous DSLs},
	booktitle = {2017 International Conference on Wireless Technologies, Embedded and Intelligent Systems, WITS 2017},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {Nowadays systems involve many business domains and are consequently designed by teams of experts with different concerns. Every team uses its Domain Specific Language (DSL) to elaborate heterogeneous models describing different parts of the same system. These heterogeneous models need to be coordinated and integrated, to get a whole view of the system, to ease its validation and to uncover inconsistencies between heterogeneous models. However, many approaches and ways of integration has been already explored, one of important approach among them is coordination between DSLs instead of models, doing so coordination became automatic instead of being manual and tailored to every instance of models. Actually, this work fits in this class by giving a classification of DSLs relationships and their respective operators used to resolve DSLs heterogeneity. Moreover, in this paper we consider coordination as a separate role to be given to DSLs meta-classes responsible of coordination. Explicitly, these meta-classes need to override operations defined in the proposed coordination meta-model. As illustrative example, we present a telecommunication network supervision system where two different DSL are involved. {\textcopyright} 2017 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/WITS.2017.7934657},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85021691244\&doi=10.1109\%2fWITS.2017.7934657\&partnerID=40\&md5=39f75645c1fcfbbea42c9bace8a1bbfd},
	author = {Essadi, N. and Anwar, A. and Laghouaouta, Y.}
}
@conference {Anwar2011188,
	title = {A formal approach to model composition applied to VUML},
	booktitle = {Proceedings - 2011 16th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS 2011},
	year = {2011},
	note = {cited By 7},
	pages = {188-197},
	doi = {10.1109/ICECCS.2011.26},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79960496037\&doi=10.1109\%2fICECCS.2011.26\&partnerID=40\&md5=90c65ef43cd980578796730f38a6b5dd},
	author = {Anwar, A. and Dkaki, T. and Ebersold, S. and Coulette, B. and Nassar, M.}
}
@conference {Nassar2009412,
	title = {Code generation in VUML profile: A model driven approach},
	booktitle = {2009 IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA 2009},
	year = {2009},
	note = {cited By 4},
	pages = {412-419},
	doi = {10.1109/AICCSA.2009.5069358},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-70349911813\&doi=10.1109\%2fAICCSA.2009.5069358\&partnerID=40\&md5=e4b947f9a88ea213061c85e81691b486},
	author = {Nassar, M. and Anwar, A. and Ebersold, S. and Elasri, B. and Coulette, B. and Kriouile, A.}
}
@conference {Anwar2008360,
	title = {A QVT-based approach for model composition application to the VUML profile},
	booktitle = {ICEIS 2008 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems},
	volume = {2 ISAS},
	year = {2008},
	note = {cited By 3},
	pages = {360-367},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-55849113397\&partnerID=40\&md5=5f1c1fa60105fdd355ccff73f9eb30e4},
	author = {Anwar, A. and Ebersold, S. and Nassar, M. and Coulette, B. and Kriouile, A.}
}
@conference {Anwar200883,
	title = {Towards a generic approach for model composition},
	booktitle = {Proceedings - The 3rd International Conference on Software Engineering Advances, ICSEA 2008, Includes ENTISY 2008: International Workshop on Enterprise Information Systems},
	year = {2008},
	note = {cited By 2},
	pages = {83-90},
	doi = {10.1109/ICSEA.2008.38},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-57649211986\&doi=10.1109\%2fICSEA.2008.38\&partnerID=40\&md5=2fddbb103e8241a60cdfcc637896b79e},
	author = {Anwar, A. and Ebersold, S. and Nassar, M. and Coulette, B. and Kriouile, A.}
}
