@article {L{\'o}pez-Jim{\'e}nez2022,
	title = {Taking the pulse of a classroom with a gamified audience response system},
	journal = {Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine},
	volume = {213},
	year = {2022},
	note = {cited By 2},
	abstract = {{Background and objective: This paper presents an empirical study of a gamified mobile-based assessment approach that can be used to engage students and improve their educational performance. Method: A gamified audience response system called G-SIDRA was employed. Three gamification elements were used to motivate students in classroom activities: badges for achievements to increase engagement, points to indicate progression and performance in the subject and ranking for promoting competitiveness. A total of 90 medical students in a General and Descriptive Anatomy of the Locomotor System course were taught using G-SIDRA in the academic year 2019/2020. Smart bracelets were configured to collect heart rate measurements from 30 students with the aim of evaluating the impact of the gamification elements. The control group consisted of a sample of 110 students enrolled on the same course in the academic year 2016/2017 using non-gamified SIDRA. Results: Statistically significant differences were found between multiple choice questions (MCQ) scores obtained by using SIDRA and G-SIDRA in the four experiments (U = 1.621,50, p < 0,01 for Exp1; U = 1.950,00, p < 0,01 for Exp2; U = 955,00, p < 0,01 for Exp3; U = 2.335,00, p < 0,01 for Exp4). In the students{\textquoteright} final exam grades, statistically significant differences between students that used G-SIDRA as opposed to SIDRA (T(157) = 3.992; p = 0.044) were obtained. Concerning gamification elements, statistically significantly differences were found in comparing the pulse increases after and before the badge event in the four experiments (U = 2.484,00},
	keywords = {academic achievement, Article, Audience response systems, controlled study, E - learning, e-learning, Empirical studies, empiricism, Gamification, Gamified audience response system, Heart, heart rate, heart rate measurement, Heart rate variations, Heart-rate, human, Human anatomy, human experiment, Humans, Learning systems, Likert scale, major clinical study, medical student, motivation, multiple choice test, Musculoskeletal system, Performance, satisfaction, Statistically significant difference, Students, theoretical study},
	doi = {10.1016/j.cmpb.2021.106459},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85118787418\&doi=10.1016\%2fj.cmpb.2021.106459\&partnerID=40\&md5=6338f4b58ed89528e2663ca12be4c986},
	author = {L{\'o}pez-Jim{\'e}nez, J.J. and Fernandez-Aleman, J.L. and Gonz{\'a}lez, L.L. and Sequeros, O.G. and Valle, B.M. and Garc{\'\i}a-Bern{\'a}, J.A. and Idri, A. and Toval, A.}
}
@article {Niharmine20224164,
	title = {Tifinagh handwritten character recognition using optimized convolutional neural network},
	journal = {International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering},
	volume = {12},
	number = {4},
	year = {2022},
	note = {cited By 1},
	pages = {4164-4171},
	abstract = {Tifinagh handwritten character recognition has been a challenging problem due to the similarity and variability of its alphabets. This paper proposes an optimized convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture for handwritten character recognition. The suggested model of CNN has a multi-layer feedforward neural network that gets features and properties directly from the input data images. It is based on the newest deep learning open-source Keras Python library. The novelty of the model is to optimize the optical character recognition (OCR) system in order to obtain best performance results in terms of accuracy and execution time. The new optical character recognition system is tested on a customized dataset generated from the amazigh handwritten character database. Experimental results show a good accuracy of the system (99.27\%) with an optimal execution time of the classification compared to the previous works. {\textcopyright} 2022 Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science. All rights reserved.},
	doi = {10.11591/ijece.v12i4.pp4164-4171},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85129672744\&doi=10.11591\%2fijece.v12i4.pp4164-4171\&partnerID=40\&md5=052fc4046f2fd3194e9d1315bb43dc05},
	author = {Niharmine, L. and Outtaj, B. and Azouaoui, A.}
}
@article {Khaldi20221377,
	title = {TimeSpec4LULC: a global multispectral time series database for training LULC mapping models with machine learning},
	journal = {Earth System Science Data},
	volume = {14},
	number = {3},
	year = {2022},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {1377-1411},
	abstract = {Land use and land cover (LULC) mapping are of paramount importance to monitor and understand the structure and dynamics of the Earth system. One of the most promising ways to create accurate global LULC maps is by building good quality state-of-the-art machine learning models. Building such models requires large and global datasets of annotated time series of satellite images, which are not available yet. This paper presents TimeSpec4LULC 10.5281/zenodo.5913554;Currency sign, a smart open-source global dataset of multispectral time series for 29 LULC classes ready to train machine learning models. TimeSpec4LULC was built based on the seven spectral bands of the MODIS sensors at 500gh{\texteuro}{\textasciimacron}m resolution, from 2000 to 2021, and was annotated using spatial-temporal agreement across the 15 global LULC products available in Google Earth Engine (GEE). The 22-year monthly time series of the seven bands were created globally by (1) applying different spatial-temporal quality assessment filters on MODIS Terra and Aqua satellites; (2) aggregating their original 8gh{\texteuro}{\textasciimacron}d temporal granularity into monthly composites; (3) merging Terragh{\texteuro}{\textasciimacron}+gh{\texteuro}{\textasciimacron}Aqua data into a combined time series; and (4) extracting, at the pixel level, 6gh{\texteuro}{\textasciimacron}076gh{\texteuro}{\textasciimacron}531 time series of size 262 for the seven bands along with a set of metadata: geographic coordinates, country and departmental divisions, spatial-temporal consistency across LULC products, temporal data availability, and the global human modification index. A balanced subset of the original dataset was also provided by selecting 1000 evenly distributed samples from each class such that they are representative of the entire globe. To assess the annotation quality of the dataset, a sample of pixels, evenly distributed around the world from each LULC class, was selected and validated by experts using very high resolution images from both Google Earth and Bing Maps imagery. This smartly, pre-processed, and annotated dataset is targeted towards scientific users interested in developing various machine learning models, including deep learning networks, to perform global LULC mapping. {\textcopyright} 2022 Rohaifa Khaldi et al.},
	keywords = {Land cover, Land use, Machine learning, MODIS, multispectral image, spatiotemporal analysis, Time series analysis},
	doi = {10.5194/essd-14-1377-2022},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85127624906\&doi=10.5194\%2fessd-14-1377-2022\&partnerID=40\&md5=90f9e45c7b39e149ab387a54f4392d6a},
	author = {Khaldi, R. and Alcaraz-Segura, D. and Guirado, E. and Benhammou, Y. and El Afia, A. and Herrera, F. and Tabik, S.}
}
@article {ElKaid2022,
	title = {Top-Down System for Multi-Person 3D Absolute Pose Estimation from Monocular Videos},
	journal = {Sensors},
	volume = {22},
	number = {11},
	year = {2022},
	note = {cited By 2},
	abstract = {Two-dimensional (2D) multi-person pose estimation and three-dimensional (3D) root-relative pose estimation from a monocular RGB camera have made significant progress recently. Yet, real-world applications require depth estimations and the ability to determine the distances between people in a scene. Therefore, it is necessary to recover the 3D absolute poses of several people. However, this is still a challenge when using cameras from single points of view. Furthermore, the previously proposed systems typically required a significant amount of resources and memory. To overcome these restrictions, we herein propose a real-time framework for multi-person 3D absolute pose estimation from a monocular camera, which integrates a human detector, a 2D pose estimator, a 3D root-relative pose reconstructor, and a root depth estimator in a top-down manner. The proposed system, called Root-GAST-Net, is based on modified versions of GAST-Net and RootNet networks. The efficiency of the proposed Root-GAST-Net system is demonstrated through quantitative and qualitative evaluations on two benchmark datasets, Human3.6M and MuPoTS-3D. On all evaluated metrics, our experimental results on the MuPoTS-3D dataset outperform the current state-of-the-art by a significant margin, and can run in real-time at 15 fps on the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080. {\textcopyright} 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.},
	keywords = {3d multi-person pose estimation, Absolute pose, algorithm, Algorithms, Camera-centric coordinate, Cameras, Computer vision, Deep learning, Deep-learning, human, Humans, Imaging, Monocular video, Pose-estimation, procedures, Real- time, Relative pose, Three-Dimensional, Three-dimensional imaging, Topdown, Two-dimensional},
	doi = {10.3390/s22114109},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85130790166\&doi=10.3390\%2fs22114109\&partnerID=40\&md5=7009c9053fd9d12efcd40ade931932f7},
	author = {El Kaid, A. and Brazey, D. and Barra, V. and Baina, K.}
}
@article {Ajallouda2022466,
	title = {Toward a New Process for Candidate Key-Phrases Extraction},
	journal = {Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems},
	volume = {455 LNNS},
	year = {2022},
	note = {cited By 3},
	pages = {466-474},
	abstract = {Key-phrases in a document are the terms that allow us to have or know an idea of its content without having to read it. They can be used in many Natural Language Processing (NLP) applications, such as text summarization, machine translation, and text classification. These phrases are selected from a set of terms in the document called candidate key-phrases. Thus, any flaws that may arise during the selection of candidate phrases may affect the automatic key-phrase extraction (AKE). Despite the importance of identifying candidate key-phrases in the AKE process, we found a very limited number of researchers interested in identifying their features in the document. In this paper, we will present the features that will allow the identification of candidate key-phrases, based on the study and analysis of the features of 60,000 key-phrases manually selected from five different datasets. To improve the performance of AKE approaches. {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-02447-4_48},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85130348254\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-3-031-02447-4_48\&partnerID=40\&md5=7bc1168842009b4c70c8fea6cc905514},
	author = {Ajallouda, L. and Hourrane, O. and Zellou, A. and Benlahmar, E.H.}
}
@article {Mezouar2022492,
	title = {Toward a Self-adaptive Supply Chains: L-SCOR Implementation Proposal, and Case Studies Methodology Proposal},
	journal = {Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems},
	volume = {489 LNNS},
	year = {2022},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {492-500},
	abstract = {In order to improve a business process behavior, to guarantee the service continuity, to minimalize the time wasted by automatic activities execution, L-SCOR is proposed to analyze the self-adaptability of a business process and to improve this performance. This paper gives an overall overview of the reference L-SCOR, and explains a proposal of its implementation based on reinforcement learning, and a methodology to conduct case studies based on six sigma strategies. {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-07969-6_37},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85135026919\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-3-031-07969-6_37\&partnerID=40\&md5=436de2817ad5296badb2e8ccf1743814},
	author = {Mezouar, H. and El Afia, A.}
}
@article {Choukri2022274,
	title = {Towards a Generic Architecture of Context-Aware and Intentional System},
	journal = {Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems},
	volume = {489 LNNS},
	year = {2022},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {274-285},
	abstract = {Context-awareness is a vital character of IoT and pervasive systems, helping to understand user needs with minimum human intervention. Furthermore, the context-awareness must be completed with Intentionality to improve the accuracy of delivering suitable service for a user.~Most proposed approaches focus on the context{\textquoteright}s static nature but don{\textquoteright}t give enough importance to the user{\textquoteright}s intention and context{\textquoteright}s dynamic nature. Then bringing Intentionality to context-awareness methods is an open-ended research topic with many challenges and opportunities for innovation.~The key issue of our research is enhancing the relationship between the user{\textquoteright}s context and intention based on a situation-centered approach.~This paper proposes a situation-centric meta model by providing practitioners with architecture to develop a context-sensitive intentional service, improving the relationship between the user{\textquoteright}s context and the intention. An illustrative example is provided to explain the proposed architecture using E-tourism as a case study. {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-07969-6_21},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85135023098\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-3-031-07969-6_21\&partnerID=40\&md5=662991c2127148e7ca986dc0d03cda9c},
	author = {Choukri, I. and Guermah, H. and Nassar, M.}
}
@article {Korachi2022619,
	title = {Towards a Smart City Approach: A Comparative Study},
	journal = {Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies},
	volume = {237},
	year = {2022},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {619-633},
	abstract = {There are conflicts and ambiguity regarding smart city strategies. Some works present smart city processes with vague and inconsistent steps. While others propose smart city elements and dimensions, rather than providing a clear and holistic approach. The most of smart city strategy works overlap one another, which creates ambiguity for smart city leaders. To fill this gap and reduce this ambiguity, the current paper presents and describes the main components of a smart city strategy framework, which are: strategic vision, action plan, and management strategy. To evaluate the relevance of these elements, the present paper conducts a comparative study. {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.},
	keywords = {{\textquoteright}current, Action plan, Approach, Comparatives studies, Computer programming, Framework, Holistic approach, Management strategies, Smart city, Strategic vision, Strategy},
	doi = {10.1007/978-981-16-3637-0_44},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85116864583\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-981-16-3637-0_44\&partnerID=40\&md5=048c5bb0571b63d5ec7153286ae7a8bc},
	author = {Korachi, Z. and Bounabat, B.}
}
@article {Elmidaoui2022202,
	title = {Towards a Taxonomy of Software Maintainability Predictors: A Detailed View},
	journal = {Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems},
	volume = {470 LNNS},
	year = {2022},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {202-210},
	abstract = {To help practitioners and researchers choose the most suitable predictors when selecting from existing Software Product Maintainability Prediction (SPMP) models or designing new ones, a literature review of empirical studies on SPMP identified a large number of metrics or factors used as predictors of maintainability. However, there is a redundancy and ambiguity in both the naming and meaning of these predictors. To address this terminology issue, a one-level taxonomy of the SPMP predictors identified in the literature review have been proposed. This paper now proposes a more detailed two-level taxonomy where the first level refers to four categories, namely, software design, software size, quality attributes (or factors), and software process, the second to sub-categories, and predictors inventoried from empirical studies on SPMP. {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-04829-6_18},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85130308935\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-3-031-04829-6_18\&partnerID=40\&md5=e8e2d1411e399bbdb041c3d9d26ccad6},
	author = {Elmidaoui, S. and Cheikhi, L. and Idri, A. and Abran, A.}
}
@article {Azougaghe202211,
	title = {Turbo decoding of concatenated codes based on RS codes using adapted scaling factors},
	journal = {Infocommunications Journal},
	volume = {14},
	number = {1},
	year = {2022},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {11-16},
	abstract = {Iteratively decoded block turbo codes are product codes that exhibit excellent performance with reasonable com-plexity. In this paper, a generalization of parallel concatenated block codes (GPCBs) based on RS codes is presented. We propose an efficient decoding algorithm with modifications of the Chase- Pyndiah algorithm is written by using Weighting factor α and Reliability factor β. In this work, we studied the effect of diverse parametres such as the effect of various component codes, interleaver size (number of sub-blocks) and number of iterations. The simulation results shows the relevance of the adapted parameters to decode generalized parallel concatenated block codes based on RS codes. The proposed algorithm (MCP) using the adapted parameters performs better than the one using with empirical parameters (CP). {\textcopyright} 2022 Scientific Association for Infocommunications. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {Block codes, Block Turbo codes, Chase decoding, Concatenated codes, Generalized parallel con-catenated code, Iterative decoding, Iterative decodings, Modified chase- pyndiah algorithm, Performance, Product code, RS codes, Scaling factors, Turbo codes, Turbo decoding},
	doi = {10.36244/ICJ.2022.1.2},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85129965517\&doi=10.36244\%2fICJ.2022.1.2\&partnerID=40\&md5=b8b9da3f379cbf44233c273bb8f4108f},
	author = {Azougaghe, E.-S. and Farchane, A. and Safi, S. and Belkasmi, M.}
}
@article {Choukri202153,
	title = {Toward a better understanding of intentionality in service engineering: A systematic review},
	journal = {International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology},
	volume = {16},
	number = {1},
	year = {2021},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {53-82},
	abstract = {Putting intentionality adaptation and context-awareness into service in a user transparent way is a critical concern for the pervasive computing paradigm. Several approaches have already been tested to incorporate intentionality in service engineering. However, there are limited results in terms of user intention understanding and context awareness. This systematic literature review interprets available approaches, especially those considered relevant for particular concern: intention representation, intention matching, and context influence on intention. It explains the pros and cons inherent to each proposed method. A total of 51 papers published between 2010 and 2020 were rigorously selected. The current review results demonstrate that the available literature suggests multiple approaches to intentionality adaptation. But with many gaps remaining, especially when it comes to modelling intentionality. Furthermore, this study reveals that little effort is given to handle the close relationship between context and intention. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2021 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.},
	keywords = {Context- awareness, Intentionality, Pervasive computing paradigm, Service engineering, Systematic literature review, Systematic Review, Ubiquitous computing, User intention},
	doi = {10.1504/IJWET.2021.115688},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85108458307\&doi=10.1504\%2fIJWET.2021.115688\&partnerID=40\&md5=8543df68df0d6b4486c1e7ccae85f61e},
	author = {Choukri, I. and Guermah, H. and Nassar, M.}
}
@conference {Lahrichi2021322,
	title = {Toward a multimodal multitask model for neurodegenerative diseases diagnosis and progression prediction},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications, DATA 2021},
	year = {2021},
	note = {cited By 1},
	pages = {322-328},
	abstract = {Recent studies on modelling the progression of Alzheimer{\textquoteright}s disease use a single modality for their predictions while ignoring the time dimension. However, the nature of patient data is heterogeneous and time dependent which requires models that value these factors in order to achieve a reliable diagnosis, as well as making it possible to track and detect changes in the progression of patients{\textquoteright} condition at an early stage. This article overviews various categories of models used for Alzheimer{\textquoteright}s disease prediction with their respective learning methods, by establishing a comparative study of early prediction and detection Alzheimer{\textquoteright}s disease progression. Finally, a robust and precise detection model is proposed. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2021 by SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, Lda. All rights reserved},
	keywords = {Alzheimer{\textquoteright}s disease, Comparative studies, Data Science, Detection models, Diagnosis, Early prediction, Forecasting, Hospital data processing, Learning methods, Learning systems, Multi-task model, Neurodegenerative diseases, Patients{\textquoteright} conditions, Time dependent},
	doi = {10.5220/0010600003220328},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85111735908\&doi=10.5220\%2f0010600003220328\&partnerID=40\&md5=1f255250606020cc06dfdc4c73cc29c0},
	author = {Lahrichi, S. and Rhanoui, M. and Mikram, M. and Asri, B.E.}
}
@article {Widad20215158,
	title = {Towards a context-driven transactional service selection mechanism in ubiquitous and pervasive environments},
	journal = {Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology},
	volume = {99},
	number = {21},
	year = {2021},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {5158-5171},
	abstract = {Most prominent techniques and selection algorithms only support QoS settings for application services. However, the software, hardware, and network infrastructures underlying services and users application have a significant impact on the validation of transactional services. Additionally, users may have varying transactional requirements throughout the lifecycle of a service composition. Therefore, selection algorithms must take into account the context requirements and users transactional needs when selecting services. This has led us to explore the trail of a service selection mechanism based on a service description enriched by functional and transactional requirements, and context information. We propose a context-driven selection of transactional services by introducing a new selection algorithm CT2S based on a semantic matching mechanism. More precisely, we are interested in studying the response time of our CT2S algorithm vis-a-vis the rapidity requirements in pervasive environments. {\textcopyright} 2021 Little Lion Scientific},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85119263108\&partnerID=40\&md5=b02c257d675200678a14907a65f6413a},
	author = {Widad, E. and Driss, R. and Mahmoud, N.}
}
@conference {Trabelsi2021341,
	title = {Towards an Approach of Recommendation in Business Processes Using Decision Trees},
	booktitle = {Proceedings - 2021 International Symposium on Computer Science and Intelligent Controls, ISCSIC 2021},
	year = {2021},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {341-347},
	abstract = {A recommender system analyses users{\textquoteright} data in order to extract their interests and preferences and suggest them relevant items. The recommendation systems have shown their applicability in many domains, especially in business processes (BP). Business processes are defined as a set of tasks that are performed by an organization to achieve a business goal. Using recommendation techniques in business processes consists of proposing relevant tasks at a certain point, which helps managers making the right decisions. In this paper, we propose an approach of recommending in BPMN-based business processes. The recommendation technique that we considered in this approach is the decision trees. {\textcopyright} 2021 IEEE.},
	keywords = {BPMN model, Business goals, Business Process, Decision trees, Forestry, Machine learning, Machine-learning, Recommendation techniques, Recommender Systems, User data},
	doi = {10.1109/ISCSIC54682.2021.00068},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85124144617\&doi=10.1109\%2fISCSIC54682.2021.00068\&partnerID=40\&md5=aa31af21d6c3ad066ee71e9e9456ad84},
	author = {Trabelsi, F.Z. and Khtira, A. and El Asri, B.}
}
@conference {Bensaid2021170,
	title = {Towards smart government with a theoretical strategy model},
	booktitle = {14th IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2021, IS 2021},
	year = {2021},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {170-176},
	abstract = {The concept of smartness gains more and more significant importance in public sector transformation and the governments are beginning to take the paradigm of electronic government to a new stage to engage with citizens, co-develop policies, adopt creative thinking, enable a citizen-centric public service, and adopt innovation as a core value to raise the quality of life of citizens and enhance economic growth. In this respect, this paper performed a comprehensive literature review analysis to the identified smart government approaches. The Most important outcome is a Smart Government Strategy Meta Model which shows that Smart government is a whole effort which can be thought of in terms of three paradigms: 1.Smart participation approach 2.Competentness approach 2.Entrepreneurial approach. These three pillars rely on three enablers: Data, Smart capabilities and innovation. {\textcopyright} 14th IADIS International Conf. Infor. Sys. 2021. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {Creative thinking, Digital transformation, Economics, Electronicgovernment (e-government), Government IS, Information systems, Information use, Innovation, Public sector, Smart citizen, Smart government, Smart services, Strategy modeling},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85117364114\&partnerID=40\&md5=81476bd5bcd13c171cb5364f65fcccec},
	author = {Bensaid, M. and Baina, S.}
}
@article {Moussaid2021,
	title = {Tree crowns segmentation and classification in overlapping orchards based on satellite images and unsupervised learning algorithms},
	journal = {Journal of Imaging},
	volume = {7},
	number = {11},
	year = {2021},
	note = {cited By 2},
	abstract = {Smart agriculture is a new concept that combines agriculture and new technologies to improve the yield{\textquoteright}s quality and quantity as well as facilitate many tasks for farmers in managing orchards. An essential factor in smart agriculture is tree crown segmentation, which helps farmers automatically monitor their orchards and get information about each tree. However, one of the main problems, in this case, is when the trees are close to each other, which means that it would be difficult for the algorithm to delineate the crowns correctly. This paper used satellite images and machine learning algorithms to segment and classify trees in overlapping orchards. The data used are images from the Moroccan Mohammed VI satellite, and the study region is the OUARGHA citrus orchard located in Morocco. Our approach starts by segmenting the rows inside the parcel and finding all the trees there, getting their canopies, and classifying them by size. In general, the model inputs the parcel{\textquoteright}s image and other field measurements to classify the trees into three classes: missing/weak, normal, or big. Finally, the results are visualized in a map containing all the trees with their classes. For the results, we obtained a score of 0.93 F-measure in rows segmentation. Additionally, several field comparisons were performed to validate the classification, dozens of trees were compared and the results were very good. This paper aims to help farmers to quickly and automatically classify trees by crown size, even if there are overlapping orchards, in order to easily monitor each tree{\textquoteright}s health and understand the tree{\textquoteright}s distribution in the field. {\textcopyright} 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.},
	doi = {10.3390/jimaging7110241},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85119836347\&doi=10.3390\%2fjimaging7110241\&partnerID=40\&md5=28a65e4b68b078f94a4b0144d630f8d8},
	author = {Moussaid, A. and El Fkihi, S. and Zennayi, Y.}
}
@article {Kerzazi2020472,
	title = {Teaching Pedigree Analysis and Risk Calculation for Diagnosis Purposes of Genetic Disease},
	journal = {Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing},
	volume = {1159 AISC},
	year = {2020},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {472-485},
	abstract = {A Faculty of Medicine needs to respond appropriately to the rapid changes in medical education, to ensure that future geneticists are well trained to meet the challenges of medical practice. This paper presents five core requirements for a tool integrating new methodologies for teaching graduate-level a course of medical genetics. Our methodology presented here focuses on exploiting pedigree analysis in the field of medical genetics, particularly to explore them in the diagnosis of genetic diseases. Because of its important relevance as one of the skills that future medical practitioners must have, we designed this approach as a learning process supported by a tool. We also discuss an ongoing supported effort at utilizing common tools and IT resources to make it easier for the learners to reach their expected skill levels and provide them with a rich learning experience. We find that not only do our tool prototype has a positive impact on the learning process, practitioners also have expectations to feed a bio-bank of medical cases as inputs for future empirical studies. {\textcopyright} 2020, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.},
	keywords = {Chromosomes, Diagnosis, Empirical studies, Information systems, Information use, Learning process, Learning systems, Medical education, Medical genetics, Medical practice, Medical practitioner, Pathology, Pedigree analysis, Rich learning experiences, Risk analysis, Risk assessment, Risk calculation},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-45688-7_48},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85085529134\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-3-030-45688-7_48\&partnerID=40\&md5=7e1e7a85185ad292f5e21b992eefe113},
	author = {Kerzazi, N. and Tajir, M. and Boulouiz, R. and Bellaoui, M. and Azizi, M.}
}
@article {M{\textquoteright}rabet2020121,
	title = {A Threshold Decoding Algorithm for Non-binary OSMLD Codes},
	journal = {Communications in Computer and Information Science},
	volume = {1264},
	year = {2020},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {121-133},
	abstract = {In this paper, a non-binary version of the Soft-Input Hard-Output Threshold Decoder (TD) is proposed. Threshold decoding was initially devised by Massey for the binary case. This work is the continuity of our previous work, where we presented the Majority Logic Decoding (MLGD) algorithm for non-binary codes. Like the (MLGD), the proposed decoder has low complexity, but it is more suited for OSMLD codes with a large orthogonal structure in their dual codes, such as finite geometry codes. The performances of our decoder are shown in terms of bit, symbol, and block error rates. The obtained results are very encouraging. The obtained results of the TD show an amelioration compared to the MLGD, due to the use of the information received from the channel. {\textcopyright} 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.},
	keywords = {Block error rates, Convolutional codes, Data communication systems, Decoding, Finite geometry, Majority logic, Majority logic decoding, Non-binary codes, Orthogonal structures, Security of data, Soft inputs, Threshold decoders, Threshold decoding},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-61143-9_11},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85097405119\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-3-030-61143-9_11\&partnerID=40\&md5=6ce0a05b3ed02c120b504b2bfd988f93},
	author = {M{\textquoteright}rabet, Z. and Ayoub, F. and Belkasmi, M.}
}
@article {Aissaoui2020117,
	title = {Toward a hybrid machine learning approach for extracting and clustering learners{\textquoteright} behaviours in adaptive educational system},
	journal = {International Journal of Computing Science and Mathematics},
	volume = {12},
	number = {2},
	year = {2020},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {117-131},
	abstract = {The learning style is a vital learner{\textquoteright}s characteristic that must be considered while recommending learning materials. In this paper we have proposed an approach to identify learning styles automatically. The first step of the proposed approach aims to preprocess the data extracted from the log file of the E-learning environment and capture the learners{\textquoteright} sequences. The captured learners{\textquoteright} sequences were given as an input to the K-means clustering algorithm to group them into sixteen clusters according to the FSLSM. Then the naive Bayes classifier was used to predict the learning style of a student in real time. To perform our approach, we used a real dataset extracted from an e-learning system{\textquoteright}s log file, and in order to evaluate the performance of the used classifier, the confusion matrix method was used. The obtained results demonstrate that our approach yields excellent results. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2020 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.},
	keywords = {Adaptive systems, Classification (of information), Classifiers, Computer aided instruction, Confusion matrices, e-learning, E-learning environment, Educational systems, Hybrid machine learning, K-means clustering, Learning materials, Learning Style, Machine learning, Naive Bayes classifiers, Preprocess},
	doi = {10.1504/IJCSM.2020.111113},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85096034864\&doi=10.1504\%2fIJCSM.2020.111113\&partnerID=40\&md5=e39786511c32be21cc0fef5be68a0822},
	author = {Aissaoui, O.E. and El Alami El Madani, Y. and Oughdir, L. and Dakkak, A. and El Allioui, Y.}
}
@conference {Reda202091,
	title = {Towards a data quality assessment in big data},
	booktitle = {ACM International Conference Proceeding Series},
	year = {2020},
	note = {cited By 4},
	pages = {91-96},
	abstract = {In recent years, as more and more data sources have become available and the volumes of data potentially accessible have increased, the assessment of data quality has taken a central role whether at the academic, professional or any other sector. Given that users are often concerned with the need to filter a large amount of data to better satisfy their requirements and needs, and that data analysis can be based on inaccurate, incomplete, ambiguous, duplicated and of poor quality, it makes everyone wonder what the results of these analyses will really be like. However, there is a very complex process involved in the identification of new, valid, potentially useful and meaningful data from a large data collection and various information systems, and is critically dependent on a number of measures to be developed to ensure data quality. To this end, the main objective of this paper is to introduce a general study on data quality related with big data, by providing what other researchers came up with on that subject. The paper will be finalized by a comparative study between the different existing data quality models. {\textcopyright} 2020 ACM.},
	keywords = {Big data, Comparative studies, Complex Processes, data quality, Data quality assessment, Data quality models, Data reduction, Data-sources, Intelligent systems, Large amounts, Large data},
	doi = {10.1145/3419604.3419803},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85096426287\&doi=10.1145\%2f3419604.3419803\&partnerID=40\&md5=7542ef0e44f4d94b808c64ce466a5eca},
	author = {Reda, O. and Sassi, I. and Zellou, A. and Anter, S.}
}
@article {Korachi20201451,
	title = {Towards a Frame of Reference for Smart City Strategy Development and Governance},
	journal = {Journal of Computer Science},
	volume = {16},
	number = {10},
	year = {2020},
	note = {cited By 6},
	pages = {1451-1464},
	abstract = {Despite the importance of the smart city concept, few works address how to define and implement smart cities in a clear manner. Furthermore, the smart city literature provides heterogeneous studies and solutions; this heterogeneity creates misunderstanding regarding the smart city definition and strategy. Moreover, stakeholders have multiple and conflicting interests and concerns, which also increase the ambiguity regarding the smart city concept and approach. To meet this challenge and fill this gap, a smart city frame of reference is needed to frame and guide smart city strategy formulation and implementation. In this perspective, the current research conducts a quantitative analysis of various smart city frameworks and strategies, in order to find and demonstrate the common building blocks of a smart city framework. Based on the quantitative analysis, this work proposes a clear and integrative smart city framework. This framework aims to reduce the misunderstanding and ambiguity regarding smart city definitions and strategies by providing a standard smart city approach that fits all smart city contexts. To this effect, the proposed framework considers all smart city concerns and it is composed of the following blocks: Strategic awareness, business strategic planning, IT investment decisions, IT organizational structure, steering committee, IT prioritization process, IT strategic planning, IT budgeting, marketing plan, IT reaction capacity, IT reporting and management strategy. {\textcopyright} 2020 {\textcopyright} 2020 Zineb Korachi and Bouchaib Bounabat. This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 3.0 license.},
	doi = {10.3844/jcssp.2020.1451.1464},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85096687902\&doi=10.3844\%2fjcssp.2020.1451.1464\&partnerID=40\&md5=1a2829e1b8a6f1c4649b6a4f071f30b9},
	author = {Korachi, Z. and Bounabat, B.}
}
@article {Yousfi20203,
	title = {Towards a Holistic Schema Matching Approach Designed for Large-Scale Schemas},
	journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)},
	volume = {12496 LNAI},
	year = {2020},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {3-15},
	abstract = {Holistic schema matching is a fundamental challenge in the big data integration domain. Ideally, clusters of semantically corresponding elements are created and are updated as more schemas are matched. Developing a high-quality holistic schema matching approach is critical for two main reasons. First, identifying as many accurate and holistic semantic correspondences as possible right from the beginning. Second, reducing considerably the search space. Nevertheless, this problem is challenging since overlapping schema elements are not available. Identifying schema overlaps is further complicated for two main reasons: (1) there is a large number of schemas; and (2) overlaps vary for different schemas. In this paper we present HMO, a Holistic schema Matching approach based on schema Overlaps and designed for large-scale schemas. HMO can balance the search space and the quality of the holistic semantic correspondences. To narrow down the search space, HMO matches schemas based on their overlaps. To obtain high-accuracy, HMO uses an existing high-quality semantic similarity measure. Experimental results on four real-world domains show effectiveness and scalability of our matching approach. {\textcopyright} 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.},
	keywords = {Artificial intelligence, Data integration, High quality, High-accuracy, Holistic schema matching, Real world domain, Search spaces, Semantic correspondence, Semantic similarity measures, Semantics},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-63007-2_1},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85097530171\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-3-030-63007-2_1\&partnerID=40\&md5=aed75e2b584acebebdce7bf0dc2cc076},
	author = {Yousfi, A. and Yazidi, M.H.E. and Zellou, A.}
}
@article {Korachi2020456,
	title = {Towards a Maturity Model for Digital Strategy Assessment},
	journal = {Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing},
	volume = {1105 AISC},
	year = {2020},
	note = {cited By 7},
	pages = {456-470},
	abstract = {Information Technologies (ITs) lead to creativity and innovation in education, business, and management. Creativity and innovation improve the growth and profitability of organizations and the quality of their products and services. Many of today{\textquoteright}s social, business, economic and political problems can be solved using ITs. To take advantage of the digital revolution, there is a need for having a digital strategy and evaluation system of the digital transformation. Many works show that the strategic alignment between business and ITs is the key element for successful digital projects. This work presents a Maturity Model for Digital Strategy Assessment (MMDSA). MMDSA has been introduced as a guide and reference framework for digital transformation management within different industries and sectors. Its objective is to master and improve digital transformation processes and consequently to control the quality of the products and services resulting from these processes. The proposed model allows assessing IT-businesses alignment, helps organizations to determine where they stand in terms of their digital transformation and provides strategic components and guidelines to help organizations to move up from the current maturity level to the next one. The paper illustrates a software solution allowing to create customized maturity models to assess digital strategy progress and evaluate the business value of the digital transformation. {\textcopyright} 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.},
	keywords = {Digital strategies, Digital transformation, Growth and profitability, Innovation in educations, Intelligent systems, maturity model, planning, Products and services, Quality control, Reference frameworks, Strategic alignment, Sustainable development},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-36674-2_47},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85080925319\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-3-030-36674-2_47\&partnerID=40\&md5=7980842dc0e1d8c42164d36d653172cd},
	author = {Korachi, Z. and Bounabat, B.}
}
@article {Berouine2020,
	title = {Towards a real-time predictive management approach of indoor air quality in energy-efficient buildings},
	journal = {Energies},
	volume = {13},
	number = {12},
	year = {2020},
	note = {cited By 6},
	abstract = {Ventilation, heating and air conditioning systems are the main energy consumers in building sector. Improving the energy consumption of these systems, while satisfying the occupants{\textquoteright} comfort, is the major concern of control and automation designers and researchers. Model predictive control (MPC) methods have been widely studied in order to reduce the energy usage while enhancing the occupants{\textquoteright} comfort. In this paper, a generalized predictive control (GPC) algorithm based on controlled auto-regressive integrated moving average is investigated for standalone ventilation systems{\textquoteright} control. A building{\textquoteright}s ventilation system is first modeled together with the GPC and MPC controllers. Simulations have been conducted for validation purposes and are structured into two main parts. In the first part, we compare the MPC with two traditional controllers, while the second part is dedicated to the comparison of the MPC against the GPC controller. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the GPC in reducing the energy consumption by about 4.34\% while providing significant indoor air quality improvement. {\textcopyright} 2020 by the authors.},
	keywords = {Air conditioning, Air quality, Auto-regressive integrated moving average, Control and automation, Controllers, Energy consumer, energy efficiency, Energy efficient building, Energy utilization, Generalized predictive control, Heating-and-air conditioning system, Indoor air pollution, Indoor air quality, Intelligent buildings, Model predictive control, Predictive control systems, Ventilation, Ventilation systems},
	doi = {10.3390/en13123246},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85089987718\&doi=10.3390\%2fen13123246\&partnerID=40\&md5=bdf8cea22143a02d8648fcb8c208a7b9},
	author = {Berouine, A. and Ouladsine, R. and Bakhouya, M. and Essaaidi, M.}
}
@article {Mrhar2020535,
	title = {Towards a semantic integration of data from learning platforms},
	journal = {IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence},
	volume = {9},
	number = {3},
	year = {2020},
	note = {cited By 2},
	pages = {535-544},
	abstract = {Nowadays, there is a huge production of Massive Open Online Courses MOOCs from universities around the world. The enrolled learners in MOOCs skyrocketed along with the number of the offered online courses. Of late, several universities scrambled to integrate MOOCs in their learning strategy. However, the majority of the universities are facing two major issues: firstly, because of the heterogeneity of the platforms used (e-learning and MOOC platforms), they are unable to establish a communication between the formal and non-formal system; secondly, they are incapable to exploit the feedbacks of the learners in a non-formal learning to personalize the learning according to the learner{\textquoteright}s profile. Indeed, the educational platforms contain an extremely large number of data that are stored in different formats and in different places. In order to have an overview of all data related to their students from various educational heterogeneous platforms, the collection and integration of these heterogeneous data in a formal consolidated system is needed. The principal core of this system is the integration layer which is the purpose of this paper. In this paper, a semantic integration system is proposed. It allows us to extract, map and integrate data from heterogeneous learning platforms {\textquotedblleft}MOOCs platforms, e-learning platforms{\textquotedblright} by solving all semantic conflicts existing between these sources. Besides, we use different learning algorithms (Long short-term memory LSTM, Conditional Random Field CRF) to learn and recognize the mapping between data source and domain ontology. {\textcopyright} 2020, Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science. All rights reserved.},
	doi = {10.11591/ijai.v9.i3.pp535-544},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85090554399\&doi=10.11591\%2fijai.v9.i3.pp535-544\&partnerID=40\&md5=786ffdd85ffa5b0112c0728e4bb50266},
	author = {Mrhar, K. and Douimi, O. and Abik, M. and Benabdellah, N.C.}
}
@conference {Ouatiti20207,
	title = {Towards Amazon Fake Reviewers Detection: The Effect of Bulk Users},
	booktitle = {ACM International Conference Proceeding Series},
	year = {2020},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {7-12},
	abstract = {Online marketplaces such as Amazon allow people to share their experiences about purchased products using textual comments known as product reviews. These reviews have become a common tool that users rely on to get insights on the quality and functionality of products and services from online consumers. However, like any other online information, reviewers raise serious questions concerning the credibility and reliability, since anyone can post reviews, which might impact the reliability of the information. This paper tackles the phenomenon of Bulk reviewers. We first analyze a large dataset of reviews from Amazon aiming to spot bulk reviewers according to their behavior. We then apply a what-if analysis to assess the effect of bulk reviews on the online marketplaces using a metric called Net Promoter Score to measure the willingness of users to recommend products. Our Results reveal that bulk users (i.e., users that review multiple times) have same distribution of ratings as non-bulk users indicating that a bulk reviewer is not automatically a fake reviewer. Yet, we discover that bulk users do inflate NPS metric and thus contribute to overestimate the level of customer satisfaction. {\textcopyright} 2020 ACM.},
	keywords = {Electronic assessment, Electronic commerce, Intelligent systems, Large dataset, On-line information, On-line marketplaces, Online consumers, Product reviews, Products and services, User experience, What-if Analysis},
	doi = {10.1145/3419604.3419800},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85096423765\&doi=10.1145\%2f3419604.3419800\&partnerID=40\&md5=1a79dcff298ad489f414ee1d7743d93c},
	author = {Ouatiti, Y.E. and Kerzazi, N.}
}
@conference {Khannat202020,
	title = {Towards mining semantically enriched configurable process models},
	booktitle = {ACM International Conference Proceeding Series},
	year = {2020},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {20-24},
	abstract = {Providing configurable process model with high quality is a primary objective to derive process variants with better accuracy and facilitate process model reuse. For this purpose, many research works have been interested in configurable process mining techniques to discover and configure processes from event logs. Moreover, to use the knowledge captured by event logs when mining processes, the concept of semantic process mining is introduced. It allows for combining semantic technologies with process mining. Despite the diversity of works in mining and customizing configurable process models, the application of these techniques is still limited to use semantics in minimizing the complexity of discovered processes. However, it seems to be pertinent to discover semantically enriched configurable process models directly from event logs. Consequently, this can facilitate using semantic in configuring, verifying conformance or enhancing discovered configurable processes. In this paper, we present a comparative study of existing works that focus on mining configurable process models with respect to semantic technologies. Our aim is to propose a new framework to automatically discover semantically enriched configurable processes. {\textcopyright} 2020 ACM.},
	keywords = {Comparative studies, Configurable process models, Data mining, Intelligent systems, Mining process, Primary objective, Process mining, Process Modeling, Process variants, Semantic technologies, Semantic Web, Semantics},
	doi = {10.1145/3419604.3419797},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85096408590\&doi=10.1145\%2f3419604.3419797\&partnerID=40\&md5=a77606eacf64646ccd3459e57f5cabdf},
	author = {Khannat, A. and Sba{\"\i}, H. and Kjiri, L.}
}
@article {Mrhar20202934,
	title = {Towards optimize-ESA for text semantic similarity: A case study of biomedical text},
	journal = {International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering},
	volume = {10},
	number = {3},
	year = {2020},
	note = {cited By 1},
	pages = {2934-2943},
	abstract = {Explicit Semantic Analysis (ESA) is an approach to measure the semantic relatedness between terms or documents based on similarities to documents of a references corpus usually Wikipedia. ESA usage has received tremendous attention in the field of natural language processing NLP and information retrieval. However, ESA utilizes a huge Wikipedia index matrix in its interpretation by multiplying a large matrix by a term vector to produce a high-dimensional vector. Consequently, the ESA process is too expensive in interpretation and similarity steps. Therefore, the efficiency of ESA will slow down because we lose a lot of time in unnecessary operations. This paper propose enhancements to ESA called optimize-ESA that reduce the dimension at the interpretation stage by computing the semantic similarity in a specific domain. The experimental results show clearly that our method correlates much better with human judgement than the full version ESA approach. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2020 Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science. All rights reserved.},
	doi = {10.11591/ijece.v10i3.pp2934-2943},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85079383531\&doi=10.11591\%2fijece.v10i3.pp2934-2943\&partnerID=40\&md5=2965a06637b8b80abe9288b66e1082e7},
	author = {Mrhar, K. and Abik, M.}
}
@conference {Biallaten2020,
	title = {Truss Optimization using the Simulated Annealing Algorithm},
	booktitle = {ACM International Conference Proceeding Series},
	year = {2020},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {This document presents the results of our work aiming to create a tool for generating trusses. The generated structures undergo an optimizing process to be in the best possible form. The automatic generation of the truss structure is done using an algorithm adapted to the type of an initial design domain. Then, the optimization process is launched to resize the generated structure by minimizing the compliance under constant volume constraint. The size optimization is a question of looking for the best distribution of the cross-sections checking the objective of optimization and guaranteeing the stability of the final solution. We chose to implement this optimization using the simulated annealing algorithm. So, we developed a hybrid method based on the simulated annealing algorithm and an algorithm of bars elimination. {\textcopyright} 2020 ACM.},
	keywords = {Automatic Generation, Constant volumes, Constrained optimization, Hybrid method, Information systems, Information use, Initial design, Simulated annealing, Simulated annealing algorithms, Size optimization, Truss optimization, Truss structure, Trusses},
	doi = {10.1145/3447568.3448534},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85103615098\&doi=10.1145\%2f3447568.3448534\&partnerID=40\&md5=2edcc24e3adf365097bd676455eb98f9},
	author = {Biallaten, Z. and Chiheb, R. and El Afia, A.}
}
@article {Boudagdigue20203667,
	title = {Trust Management in Industrial Internet of Things},
	journal = {IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security},
	volume = {15},
	year = {2020},
	note = {cited By 17},
	pages = {3667-3682},
	abstract = {Automobile manufacturers around the world are increasingly deploying Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices in their factories to accompany the Industrial Revolution 4.0. Security and privacy are the main limitations to the integration of Internet of Things (IoT) into industrial processes. Therefore, it is necessary to protect industrial data contained in IIoT devices and keep them confidential. As a step towards this direction, in this paper, we propose a dynamic trust management model suitable for industrial environments. We propose also to change the traditional centralized architecture of IIoT networks in automotive plants into a hybrid architecture based on a set of new industrial relationship rules. The performance evaluation in this work is done in two parts. In the first part, we compare our proposed architecture with the traditional architecture of the plant{\textquoteright}s IIoT network. The results of this comparison show that our architecture is more suitable to simplify trust management of IIoT devices. In the second part, we demonstrated the ability, the adaptiveness and the resiliency of our proposed trust model against behavioral changes of IIoT nodes in malicious environments. {\textcopyright} 2005-2012 IEEE.},
	keywords = {Automobile manufacture, Automobile manufacturers, Automotive industry, Centralized architecture, Dynamic trust managements, Industrial environments, Industrial internet of things (IIoT), Industrial relationship, Internet of Things (IOT), Network architecture, Proposed architectures, Traditional architecture, Trusted computing},
	doi = {10.1109/TIFS.2020.2997179},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85089186851\&doi=10.1109\%2fTIFS.2020.2997179\&partnerID=40\&md5=105acbd7042007978b04935eb0240170},
	author = {Boudagdigue, C. and Benslimane, A. and Kobbane, A. and Liu, J.}
}
@conference {Maha2020,
	title = {The Two Phases Method for operating rooms planning and scheduling},
	booktitle = {2020 IEEE International Conference on Technology Management, Operations and Decisions, ICTMOD 2020},
	year = {2020},
	note = {cited By 2},
	abstract = {Over the last three or four decades, there have been numerous optimization problems in Healthcare which have been approached by researchers. Hospital logistics which must be organized and structured in order to secure patient satisfaction in terms of quality, quantity, time, security and least cost, forms part of the quest for global performance.According to the literature review, the problem of operating rooms planning and scheduling involves different conflicting objectives while considering constraints on availability of rooms, patients and doctors. In this paper, we proposed the Two Phases Method (TPM), which is a general technique that is likely to solve multi-objective combinatorial optimization (MOCO) problems.As it is known, TPM has never been applied to solve operating room planning and scheduling problem. In this paper, we developed the TPM to resolve the cited issue, while focusing on optimizing both total completion time and patients{\textquoteright} waiting time. {\textcopyright} 2020 IEEE.},
	keywords = {Combinatorial Optimization, Conflicting objectives, Constraint satisfaction problems, Decision making, Hospital logistics, Industrial management, Literature reviews, Multiobjective combinatorial optimization, Operating rooms, Optimization problems, Patient satisfaction, Planning and scheduling, Scheduling, Total completion time},
	doi = {10.1109/ICTMOD49425.2020.9380584},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85103741668\&doi=10.1109\%2fICTMOD49425.2020.9380584\&partnerID=40\&md5=a5086170077f1fe352eb34de4e820aac},
	author = {Maha, T. and Achchab, S. and Omar, S.}
}
@article {Amine2020,
	title = {Two-sided matching framework for optimal user association in 5G multi-RAT UDNs},
	journal = {International Journal of Communication Systems},
	volume = {33},
	number = {8},
	year = {2020},
	note = {cited By 2},
	abstract = {Recently, academic and industrial research communities are paying more explicit attention to the 5G multiple radio access technology ultra-dense networks (5G multi-RAT UDNs) for boosting network capacity, especially in UD urban zones. To this aim, in this paper, we intend to tackle the user association problem in 5G multi-RAT UDNs. By considering the decoupled uplink/downlink access (DUDA), we divide our user association problem into two distinct subproblems representing, respectively, the uplink and the downlink channels. Next, we formulated each one as a nonlinear optimization problem with binary variables. Then, to solve them, we were restricted by the hard complexity, as well as the hard feasibility of centralized user association schemes. Thus, to resolve our user association problem in a reasonable time and distributed manner, we formulated each subproblem as a many-to-one matching game based on matching theory. Next, we provide two fully distributed association algorithms to compute the uplink and downlink stable matching among user equipments (UEs) and base stations (BSs). Simulation results corroborate our theoretical model and show the effectiveness and improvement of our achieved results in terms of the overall network performance, quality of service (QoS), and energy efficiency (EE) of UEs. {\textcopyright} 2020 John Wiley \& Sons, Ltd.},
	keywords = {5G mobile communication systems, 5G multi-RAT UDNs, Association algorithms, decoupled uplink/downlink access (DUDA), energy efficiency, Game theory, Industrial research, Matching game, Matching theory, Network performance, Nonlinear programming, Optimization, Quality of service, Rats, Stable matching},
	doi = {10.1002/dac.4346},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85078931379\&doi=10.1002\%2fdac.4346\&partnerID=40\&md5=159a3a40021d6b340c2873e4db73e2ac},
	author = {Amine, M. and Kobbane, A. and Ben-Othman, J. and Walid, A.}
}
@article {Bounagui201998,
	title = {Toward a unified framework for Cloud Computing governance: An approach for evaluating and integrating IT management and governance models},
	journal = {Computer Standards and Interfaces},
	volume = {62},
	year = {2019},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {98-118},
	doi = {10.1016/j.csi.2018.09.001},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85054138270\&doi=10.1016\%2fj.csi.2018.09.001\&partnerID=40\&md5=81f638246225675985bb72491ec902d1},
	author = {Bounagui, Y. and Mezrioui, A. and Hafiddi, H.}
}
@article {Yousfi2019207,
	title = {Towards a generic multimodal architecture for batch and streaming Big Data integration},
	journal = {Journal of Computer Science},
	volume = {15},
	number = {1},
	year = {2019},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {207-220},
	doi = {10.3844/jcssp.2019.207.220},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85061562274\&doi=10.3844\%2fjcssp.2019.207.220\&partnerID=40\&md5=5e332b31353f824de4847e4a59a0d84a},
	author = {Yousfi, S. and Rhanoui, M. and Chiadmi, D.}
}
@conference {Ouarhim2019580,
	title = {Towards a real-time business processes validation algorithm},
	booktitle = {Procedia Computer Science},
	volume = {148},
	year = {2019},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {580-589},
	doi = {10.1016/j.procs.2019.01.031},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85062658605\&doi=10.1016\%2fj.procs.2019.01.031\&partnerID=40\&md5=a9f2730aabf731331f2000943034f0bc},
	author = {Ouarhim, A. and Baina, K.}
}
@article {Elmidaoui2019823,
	title = {Towards a Taxonomy of Software Maintainability Predictors},
	journal = {Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing},
	volume = {930},
	year = {2019},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {823-832},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-16181-1_77},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85064883521\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-3-030-16181-1_77\&partnerID=40\&md5=0a2c124cf59cc02604b4d34b5ed98a5a},
	author = {Elmidaoui, S. and Cheikhi, L. and Idri, A.}
}
@article {Faizi20181219,
	title = {Teachers{\textquoteright} perceptions towards using Web 2.0 in language learning and teaching},
	journal = {Education and Information Technologies},
	volume = {23},
	number = {3},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {1219-1230},
	doi = {10.1007/s10639-017-9661-7},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85032681369\&doi=10.1007\%2fs10639-017-9661-7\&partnerID=40\&md5=6a82c0e13c947b2aed26c84386814ef2},
	author = {Faizi, R.}
}
@conference {Lahlou201864,
	title = {Textual context aware factorization machines: Improving recommendation by leveraging users{\textquoteright} reviews},
	booktitle = {ACM International Conference Proceeding Series},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {64-69},
	doi = {10.1145/3289100.3289111},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85058629650\&doi=10.1145\%2f3289100.3289111\&partnerID=40\&md5=c2869c20ec04d08f675efb27e1536863},
	author = {Lahlou, F.Z. and Benbrahim, H. and Kassou, I.}
}
@conference {Niharmine20181,
	title = {Tifinagh handwritten character recognition using genetic algorithms},
	booktitle = {Proceedings - 2018 International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Networking, CommNet 2018},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {1-6},
	doi = {10.1109/COMMNET.2018.8360267},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85048318442\&doi=10.1109\%2fCOMMNET.2018.8360267\&partnerID=40\&md5=5073236df8a21a7f3797ced0a0d435ec},
	author = {Niharmine, L. and Outtaj, B. and Azouaoui, A.}
}
@article {Aoun2018331,
	title = {Time-dependence in multi-agent MDP applied to gate assignment problem},
	journal = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
	volume = {9},
	number = {2},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {331-340},
	doi = {10.14569/IJACSA.2018.090247},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85049525520\&doi=10.14569\%2fIJACSA.2018.090247\&partnerID=40\&md5=18412e008a36b0bc8220a03385704b3a},
	author = {Aoun, O. and Afia, A.E.}
}
@conference {ElHaddaoui2018,
	title = {Toward a sentiment analysis framework for social media},
	booktitle = {ACM International Conference Proceeding Series},
	year = {2018},
	doi = {10.1145/3230905.3230919},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85053484908\&doi=10.1145\%2f3230905.3230919\&partnerID=40\&md5=c602c6dc79537942d4d5ac0b9e4a0197},
	author = {El Haddaoui, B. and Chiheb, R. and Faizi, R. and Afia, A.E.}
}
@conference {Boulmrharj2018,
	title = {Towards a battery characterization methodology for performance evaluation of micro-grid systems},
	booktitle = {2018 International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies, SEST 2018 - Proceedings},
	year = {2018},
	doi = {10.1109/SEST.2018.8495829},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85056492547\&doi=10.1109\%2fSEST.2018.8495829\&partnerID=40\&md5=f25a82d795aa6991c23f1064013cde45},
	author = {Boulmrharj, S. and NaitMalek, Y. and Mouatamid, A.E. and Ouladsine, R. and Bakhouya, M. and Ouldmoussa, M. and Zine-Dine, K. and Khaidar, M. and Abid, R.}
}
@article {Maqboul2018108,
	title = {Towards a completeness prediction based on the complexity and impact},
	journal = {Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing},
	volume = {640},
	year = {2018},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {108-116},
	abstract = {As long as companies arrived at a maturity, where business processes have stagnated or even the diversity of business processes, research is directed towards the improvement of data quality, that is to say, improving dimensions quality for data, the first problem is to check if this improvement in one dimension will be held or not given its cost and its impact, the second to find a centrality to improve total quality without penalizing one dimension our current paper addresses the first problem to a dimension that is completeness. This improvement will be have a cost that we cannot calculate clearly, but we can measure her complexity, because the complexity increases with the cost, the approach here is implemented under a Java EE environment. {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing AG 2018.},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-64719-7_10},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85037867929\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-3-319-64719-7_10\&partnerID=40\&md5=475fdbd8200152d4988f5585ce23156b},
	author = {Maqboul, J. and Bounabat, B.}
}
@article {Maqboul2018108,
	title = {Towards a completeness prediction based on the complexity and impact},
	journal = {Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing},
	volume = {640},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {108-116},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-64719-7_10},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85037867929\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-3-319-64719-7_10\&partnerID=40\&md5=475fdbd8200152d4988f5585ce23156b},
	author = {Maqboul, J. and Bounabat, B.}
}
@conference {Elmouatamid2018984,
	title = {Towards a Demand/Response Control Approach for Micro-grid Systems},
	booktitle = {2018 5th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies, CoDIT 2018},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {984-988},
	doi = {10.1109/CoDIT.2018.8394951},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85050227456\&doi=10.1109\%2fCoDIT.2018.8394951\&partnerID=40\&md5=97a6b224a481de8a0d5d91a46b76b895},
	author = {Elmouatamid, A. and NaitMalek, Y. and Ouladsine, R. and Bakhouya, M. and Elkamoun, N. and Zine-Dine, K. and Khaidar, M. and Abid, R.}
}
@conference {Bourhim2018,
	title = {Towards a Novel Graph-based collaborative filtering approach for recommendation systems},
	booktitle = {ACM International Conference Proceeding Series},
	year = {2018},
	doi = {10.1145/3289402.3289524},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85062789723\&doi=10.1145\%2f3289402.3289524\&partnerID=40\&md5=77f17a12e2f7e3739a2e3042bb059b48},
	author = {Bourhim, S. and Benhiba, L. and Janati Idrissi, M.A.}
}
@conference {Elkhoukhi2018114,
	title = {Towards a Real-time Occupancy Detection Approach for Smart Buildings},
	booktitle = {Procedia Computer Science},
	volume = {134},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {114-120},
	doi = {10.1016/j.procs.2018.07.151},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85051384064\&doi=10.1016\%2fj.procs.2018.07.151\&partnerID=40\&md5=952a828342b9a8bac2792cc053d73477},
	author = {Elkhoukhi, H. and NaitMalek, Y. and Berouine, A. and Bakhouya, M. and Elouadghiri, D. and Essaaidi, M.}
}
@conference {Lachhab2018926,
	title = {Towards an Intelligent Approach for Ventilation Systems Control using IoT and Big Data Technologies},
	booktitle = {Procedia Computer Science},
	volume = {130},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {926-931},
	doi = {10.1016/j.procs.2018.04.091},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85051268549\&doi=10.1016\%2fj.procs.2018.04.091\&partnerID=40\&md5=7c925e4f04388d1fe39f849c5b0c02f1},
	author = {Lachhab, F. and Bakhouya, M. and Ouladsine, R. and Essaaidi, M.}
}
@conference {Bahadi201842,
	title = {Towards efficient big data: Hadoop data placing and processing},
	booktitle = {ACM International Conference Proceeding Series},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {42-47},
	doi = {10.1145/3289100.3289108},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85058656669\&doi=10.1145\%2f3289100.3289108\&partnerID=40\&md5=52e6fda5215333977a9413c6cb1ff547},
	author = {Bahadi, J. and Asri, B.E. and Courtine, M. and Rhanoui, M. and Kergosien, Y.}
}
@conference {Haqiq2018264,
	title = {Towards integration of fault tolerance in agent-based systems},
	booktitle = {Procedia Computer Science},
	volume = {127},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {264-273},
	doi = {10.1016/j.procs.2018.01.122},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85045687698\&doi=10.1016\%2fj.procs.2018.01.122\&partnerID=40\&md5=45d788bfaa02c77cfb9b21c35098cf5d},
	author = {Haqiq, A. and Bounabat, B.}
}
@article {Ismaili-Alaoui2018457,
	title = {Towards smart incident management under human resource constraints for an IoT-BPM hybrid architecture},
	journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)},
	volume = {10966 LNCS},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {457-471},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-94289-6_29},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85049367708\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-3-319-94289-6_29\&partnerID=40\&md5=8891163e3850dfdbdb3ce8aae9713f4e},
	author = {Ismaili-Alaoui, A. and Baina, K. and Benali, K. and Ba{\"\i}na, J.}
}
@conference {Hdioud2018,
	title = {Trajectories modeling and clustering},
	booktitle = {ACM International Conference Proceeding Series},
	year = {2018},
	doi = {10.1145/3230905.3230918},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85053484322\&doi=10.1145\%2f3230905.3230918\&partnerID=40\&md5=1613a1dada41f3fc707505b5dd9dd690},
	author = {Hdioud, B. and Tirari, M.E.H. and Thami, R.O.H.}
}
@conference {Saidi2018,
	title = {Translation of heterogeneous requirements meta-models through a pivot meta-model},
	booktitle = {ENASE 2018 - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering},
	volume = {2018-January},
	year = {2018},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85056807026\&partnerID=40\&md5=f8a470ca9cd9874928c91f4110c79259},
	author = {Saidi, I.E. and El Hamlaoui, M. and Dkaki, T. and Zarour, N.E. and Charrel, P.-J.}
}
@article {ElUahhabi2018103,
	title = {Trust assessment of X.509 certificate based on certificate authority trustworthiness and its certificate policy},
	journal = {International Journal of Internet Technology and Secured Transactions},
	volume = {8},
	number = {1},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {103-136},
	doi = {10.1504/IJITST.2018.092139},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85048039393\&doi=10.1504\%2fIJITST.2018.092139\&partnerID=40\&md5=001e331c35e77ea672600c17014533a2},
	author = {El Uahhabi, Z. and El Bakkali, H.}
}
@article {Gourmaj2017244,
	title = {Teaching power electronics and digital electronics using personal learning environments. from traditional learning to remote experiential learning},
	journal = {Journal of Mobile Multimedia},
	volume = {13},
	number = {3-4},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {244-255},
	abstract = {Practical works have a fundamental role in the curriculum of any scientist, engineer, and technician. It helps learners to face the real world and put in practice what they have learned to judge their operability. Moreover, due to some limiting factors and due to the growth number of learners, universities and institutes have become inapt to give efficient learning. Distance education presents a future key to reduce these restrictions. Currently, remote experiments together with web-based courses approach significantly contribute many aspects of education for learners. In this context, the main question addressed is how we ensure that an educational system evolves to better serve the needs of learners? The present work proposes a solution based on student{\textquoteright}s Personal Learning Environments {\textquoteright}PLEs{\textquoteright}. PLEs are educational platforms that help learners take control and manage their own learning process, learning modules with remote experiments, for reaching a specific goal. In order to response these criteria we use the Learning Management System (LMS) Moodle, the e-portfolio Mahara, the Remote Laboratory Management System (RLMS) iLab Shared Architecture (ISA) with additional tools and plug-ins to implement the learning by doing environment. {\textcopyright} Rinton Press.},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85040225241\&partnerID=40\&md5=bf688a5ec5060678e1ed74d6a4e98bad},
	author = {Gourmaj, M. and Naddami, A. and Fahli, A. and Berqia, A.}
}
@article {Bessate2017,
	title = {A tight approximate analytical framework for performance analysis of equal gain combining receiver over independent Weibull fading channels},
	journal = {Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking},
	volume = {2017},
	number = {1},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {In this paper, a method for approximating the probability distribution of sum of independent and identical Weibull random variables is adopted to analyze the performance of equal gain combiner (EGC) receiver over non-identical Weibull fading channel (WFC). Our main result is to derive a generalized expression of the probability density function (PDF) of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at the EGC output in the case of non-identical WFC. Based on this PDF, accurate approximation of significant performance criteria, such as outage probability (OP), the amount of fading (AoF), and average symbol/bit error probability (ASEP/ABEP), are derived. In addition, we derived the analytical expressions for channel capacities under various adaptation policies such as optimal rate adaptation (ORA), optimal simultaneous power and rate adaptation (OPRA), channel inversion with fixed rate (CIFR), and truncated channel inversion with fixed rate (TCIFR). The proposed mathematical analysis is complemented by several numerical results and validated using Monte Carlo simulation method. {\textcopyright} 2017, The Author(s).},
	doi = {10.1186/s13638-016-0790-2},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85008152051\&doi=10.1186\%2fs13638-016-0790-2\&partnerID=40\&md5=53c3c744cfd315892acb3ccf711a0b82},
	author = {Bessate, A. and El Bouanani, F.}
}
@article {12053057320170104,
	title = {A tight approximate analytical framework for performance analysis of equal gain combining receiver over independent Weibull fading channels.},
	journal = {EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications \& Networking},
	volume = {2017},
	number = {1},
	year = {2017},
	pages = {1 - 12},
	abstract = {In this paper, a method for approximating the probability distribution of sum of independent and identical Weibull random variables is adopted to analyze the performance of equal gain combiner (EGC) receiver over non-identical Weibull fading channel (WFC). Our main result is to derive a generalized expression of the probability density function (PDF) of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at the EGC output in the case of non-identical WFC. Based on this PDF, accurate approximation of significant performance criteria, such as outage probability (OP), the amount of fading (AoF), and average symbol/bit error probability (ASEP/ABEP), are derived. In addition, we derived the analytical expressions for channel capacities under various adaptation policies such as optimal rate adaptation (ORA), optimal simultaneous power and rate adaptation (OPRA), channel inversion with fixed rate (CIFR), and truncated channel inversion with fixed rate (TCIFR). The proposed mathematical analysis is complemented},
	keywords = {Adaptation policies, Average symbol/bit error probability (ASEP/ABEP), Cumulative distribution function, Cumulative distribution function (CDF), Diversity combining (Telecommunications), Equal gain combining (EGC), Fox H-function, Meijer G-function, Moment generating function (MGF), Probability density function, Probability density function (PDF), Radio transmitters \& transmission {\textendash} Fading, Random variables},
	issn = {16871472},
	url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true\&db=iih\&AN=120530573\&site=ehost-live},
	author = {Bessate, Abdelmajid and El Bouanani, Faissal}
}
@conference {Sara2017244,
	title = {Time aware recommendation},
	booktitle = {Proceedings - 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for the Muslim World, ICT4M 2016},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 1},
	pages = {244-247},
	abstract = {The overload of information can become a significant challenge in relation to information retrieval systems. Often users will need to carry out extensive research to get the information they desire. This issue will only become more challenging as the quantity of data available on the internet increases. This increase shows no signs of slowing down and inevitably demands better solutions. One such solution proposed in this paper will look at the quality of the service discovery, such as adaptation customizing recommendation. In our project we considered ways to customize the contextual recommendation by creating a time awareness system. {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/ICT4M.2016.75},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85013052828\&doi=10.1109\%2fICT4M.2016.75\&partnerID=40\&md5=2f395fcbdfe337e52f75ed942f05dffe},
	author = {Sara, A. and El Bouzekri El Idrissi, Y. and Ajhoun, R.}
}
@conference {Bentaleb2017147,
	title = {Toward Cloud SaaS for web service composition optimization based on genetic algortihm},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of 2016 International Conference on Cloud Computing Technologies and Applications, CloudTech 2016},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 2},
	pages = {147-152},
	abstract = {Cloud computing nowadays offers multiple web services for use; these web services could do the same functionalities but may differ in quality of service. Providers tend to offer more complex web services through combining raw web services from the cloud. Therefore, a significant research problem is how to select the best candidate service from a collection of services and to take into account the respect of service level agreement made by the customer and the provider. In our paper, we propose a composition model based on SaaS that takes both QoS of service and cloud environment into consideration. We also propose a web service composition approach based on genetic algorithm for web services in order to minimize the SLA violations. {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/CloudTech.2016.7847692},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85013838598\&doi=10.1109\%2fCloudTech.2016.7847692\&partnerID=40\&md5=7b791359aab152d5c11a1255247b56b7},
	author = {Bentaleb, A. and Ettalbi, A.}
}
@article {Walid201756,
	title = {Toward Eco-Friendly Smart Mobile Devices for Smart Cities},
	journal = {IEEE Communications Magazine},
	volume = {55},
	number = {5},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {56-61},
	abstract = {It is expected that the incessant use of SBSs by indoor mobile users to achieve high data rate and high energy efficiency for their smart mobile devices will drive ultra dense deployment of SCNs within MCNs, specifically in future smart cities. However, SCN densification has a hard effect on the deterioration of the energy efficiency and QoS throughput of mobile users equipped with smart mobile devices like smartphones, laptops, PDAs, and tablets. This degradation is due to the severe cross-tier interferences occurring in ultra dense co-channel deployments of SCNs within MCNs. The present article intends to study the energy efficiency of mobile users for better battery life management of their smart mobile devices through minimal energy consumption during their uplink transmissions. The proposed solution, based on a fully decentralized algorithm for sharing time access executed by SBSs and multi-homing capabilities of macrocellular users, improves the energy efficiency of mobile users for better battery life, and keeps their QoS throughput requirements. Therefore, it leads to the eco-friendly smart mobile devices required in future smart cities. The results validate our proposed solution and show the improvement achieved compared to the conventional access control mechanisms. Furthermore, our scheme requires no coordination among SBSs and macro base stations, which reduces the huge signaling overhead when using cooperative schemes. {\textcopyright} 2017 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/MCOM.2017.1600271},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85019660063\&doi=10.1109\%2fMCOM.2017.1600271\&partnerID=40\&md5=72802ad5f91b7f2273d0c16e81e53251},
	author = {Walid, A. and Kobbane, A. and Ben-Othman, J. and El Koutbi, M.}
}
@conference {L{\textquoteright}Amrani2017,
	title = {Toward interoperability approach between federated systems},
	booktitle = {ACM International Conference Proceeding Series},
	volume = {Part F129474},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {The main evolution of web services and its exploitation enforce new security challenges, especially in terms of digital identity life cycle management. A set of Identity Management Systems exist to deal with these identities, in order to improve users{\textquoteright} experience and gain secure access. Today we are faced with a large number of heterogeneous identity management approaches. In our study we treated several systems, among those, we present isolated model, centralized model, federated model and user centric model. The federated system makes proof of it eligibility for the identity management, therefore, we were interested in the federated model, which consist on the sharing of digital identity between different security domains , based on an agreement between the entities in communication. The Federated Identity Management (FIM) faces the problem of interoperability between heterogeneous identity federation systems. This study present a use case of interoperability among SAML and WS-Federation. We propose an approach that will permit to inter-operate heterogeneous federation systems and allow the exchange of identity data between them. {\textcopyright} 2017 Copyright held by the owner/author(s).},
	doi = {10.1145/3090354.3090391},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85028459216\&doi=10.1145\%2f3090354.3090391\&partnerID=40\&md5=e5b2e3571a8e174e206cf216b755135f},
	author = {L{\textquoteright}Amrani, H. and Berroukech, B.E. and El Bouzekri El Idrissi, Y. and Ajhoun, R.}
}
@article {Iraqi2017348,
	title = {Toward third-party immune applications},
	journal = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)},
	volume = {10446 LNCS},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {348-359},
	abstract = {Component reuse has become a trend in software engineering. However, third-party components have the potential to introduce vulnerabilities into software applications and become the weakest link in the security chain. In this paper, we discuss the limitations of traditional security practices and controls against vulnerable components. As a solution, we present a software design and development approach, combined with a collaborative, cloud-based vulnerability and threat management system. This combination aims at enabling applications to gain {\textquotedblleft}artificial immunity{\textquotedblright} to third-party components by dynamically identifying and controlling related security risks. It also strives to promote the automatic discovery of, and near real-time information dissemination about emerging threats and zero-day vulnerabilities. At the heart of our solution, we use application-level API sandboxing, as well as adaptive signature-based and anomaly-based API intrusion detection and prevention. The need-to-know, cost-effectiveness, and user acceptance through separation of concerns have been our guiding security engineering principles. {\textcopyright} 2017, Springer International Publishing AG.},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-65127-9_28},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85028464409\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-3-319-65127-9_28\&partnerID=40\&md5=a4030cd1451089f90416806509d76446},
	author = {Iraqi, O. and El Bakkali, H.}
}
@conference {Bernatchou2017177,
	title = {Towards a simulation model of an outpatient chemotherapy unit},
	booktitle = {2017 International Colloquium on Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Competitiveness and Innovation in Automobile and Aeronautics Industries, LOGISTIQUA 2017},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {177-182},
	abstract = {This paper presents a case study of a cancer center. A discrete event simulation model with ARENA software was developed to model and analyze the patient flow and evaluate performance through the outpatient chemotherapy unit. Simulation results determine where over-utilization of resources and long waiting times of patient per process. {\textcopyright} 2017 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/LOGISTIQUA.2017.7962894},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85026682297\&doi=10.1109\%2fLOGISTIQUA.2017.7962894\&partnerID=40\&md5=a537f15fa482d1d24fe1c3a65dcc4707},
	author = {Bernatchou, M. and Ouzayd, F. and Bellabdaoui, A. and Hamdaoui, M.}
}
@conference {Misbah2017195,
	title = {Towards a standard WSDL implementation of Multiview Web services},
	booktitle = {International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems -Proceedings},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {195-199},
	abstract = {As Web technologies are growing fast and in different manners, an imminent need of standardization has taken a place. Many organizations have proposed standards and norms to deal with this issue. In this paper, we will focus on Web services and particularly, Multiview Web services. In one hand, the notion of view and point of view components has been introduced in many works previously, and in the other hand, a proposition of an implementation of Multiview Web services was given. It relays mainly on the principal of decomposition of Web services into sub Web services so that they can be gathered after according to each View and point of view. Besides, a further study propounds an extension of the standard WSDL so that to integrate the notion of view and point of view in the high-level Web service WSDL definition. However, we noticed some conceptual limits of the proposed extension, especially regarding the none standard syntax used and the absence of generic Meta rules for automatic generation of the WSDL, therefore in this work, we will suggest another approach to deal with these limits and propose a generic Meta rules for automatic generation of the target standard WSDL script. {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/ICMCS.2016.7905542},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85019099524\&doi=10.1109\%2fICMCS.2016.7905542\&partnerID=40\&md5=9163b40b41249cd5570d5f769c234b1f},
	author = {Misbah, A. and Ettalbi, A.}
}
@article {Badidi2017611,
	title = {Towards data-as-a-service provisioning with high-quality data},
	journal = {Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering},
	volume = {397},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {611-623},
	abstract = {Given the large amount of sensed data by IoT devices and various wireless sensor networks, traditional data services lack the necessary resources to store and process that data, as well as to disseminate high-quality data to a variety of potential consumers. In this paper, we propose a framework for Data as a Service (DaaS) provisioning, which relies on deploying DaaS services on the cloud and using a DaaS agency to mediate between data consumers and DaaS services using a publish/subscribe model. Furthermore, we describe a decision algorithm for the selection of appropriate DaaS services that can fulfill consumers{\textquoteright} requests for high-quality data. One of the benefits of the proposed approach is the elasticity of the cloud resources used by DaaS services. Moreover, the selection algorithm allows ranking DaaS services by matching their quality-of-data (QoD) offers against the QoD needs of the data consumer. {\textcopyright} Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017.},
	doi = {10.1007/978-981-10-1627-1_48},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84996995662\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-981-10-1627-1_48\&partnerID=40\&md5=3699ddd8367859bcdb3853679e370f5f},
	author = {Badidi, E. and Routaib, H. and El Koutbi, M.}
}
@article {Badidi2017611,
	title = {Towards data-as-a-service provisioning with high-quality data},
	journal = {Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering},
	volume = {397},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {611-623},
	abstract = {Given the large amount of sensed data by IoT devices and various wireless sensor networks, traditional data services lack the necessary resources to store and process that data, as well as to disseminate high-quality data to a variety of potential consumers. In this paper, we propose a framework for Data as a Service (DaaS) provisioning, which relies on deploying DaaS services on the cloud and using a DaaS agency to mediate between data consumers and DaaS services using a publish/subscribe model. Furthermore, we describe a decision algorithm for the selection of appropriate DaaS services that can fulfill consumers{\textquoteright} requests for high-quality data. One of the benefits of the proposed approach is the elasticity of the cloud resources used by DaaS services. Moreover, the selection algorithm allows ranking DaaS services by matching their quality-of-data (QoD) offers against the QoD needs of the data consumer. {\textcopyright} Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017.},
	doi = {10.1007/978-981-10-1627-1_48},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84996995662\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-981-10-1627-1_48\&partnerID=40\&md5=3699ddd8367859bcdb3853679e370f5f},
	author = {Badidi, E.a and Routaib, H.b and El Koutbi, M.b}
}
@conference {ElBassiti201799,
	title = {Towards innovation excellence: Why and how to measure innovation performance?},
	booktitle = {Proceedings - 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for the Muslim World, ICT4M 2016},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {99-104},
	abstract = {To maintain competitive advantage, today organizations need to be able to innovate - not just occasionally, but consistently. Mastering the process of innovation requires identifying the factors that support or hamper the achievement of innovations. The success of such process usually depends on the quality of the best opportunity identified, which is not enough. So, a systematic research and delivery framework spawning a set of performance measurements and improvement metrics is required, because, what is not measurable cannot be neither managed nor improved. This paper identifies three complementary components specifically developed to enable such measurement. First, Innovation Granularity Scales enabling highly targeted yet flexible performance analysis ranging from knowledge assessment to high level progressions and improvements; Second, Innovation Capability Stages referring to the minimum capabilities required by transformational milestones along the innovation continuum; Third, Innovation Maturity Levels representing the quality, predictability and performance within the innovation stages. This paper explores these complementary components and presents them as a systematic model underlying a specified innovation performance measurement framework. {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/ICT4M.2016.73},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85013042290\&doi=10.1109\%2fICT4M.2016.73\&partnerID=40\&md5=b94e0c3f51b5c6c4d3a7825a33a2bc8e},
	author = {El Bassiti, L. and Ajhoun, R.}
}
@conference {Kabbaj2017621,
	title = {Towards learning integral strategy of branch and bound},
	booktitle = {International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems -Proceedings},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 1},
	pages = {621-626},
	abstract = {Branch and bound is the preferred algorithm used for solving MILP problems. It involves two fundamental strategies that are node selection strategy and branching strategy. Whereas the learning literature has been focused in dealing with just one strategy on the same time, we design a two-in-one strategy of branch and bound algorithm regarding the fact that are intuitively dependent. To do so, we apply the well-known SVM algorithm to the well-known set of problems MIPLIP. {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/ICMCS.2016.7905626},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85019169526\&doi=10.1109\%2fICMCS.2016.7905626\&partnerID=40\&md5=8e62cf880e3eed29131a425775a7fa21},
	author = {Kabbaj, M.M. and El Afia, A.}
}
@conference {Saissi201794,
	title = {Towards XML schema extraction from deep web},
	booktitle = {Colloquium in Information Science and Technology, CIST},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {94-99},
	abstract = {Today, not all the web is fully accessible by the web search engines. There is a hidden and inaccessible part of the web called the deep web. Many methods exist in the literature to access and to integrate the huge structured data contained in the deep web. In this paper, we propose our approach to extract the XML schema describing a selected deep web source. Our approach is based on the static and the dynamic analysis of the HTML forms giving access to the selected deep web source. Our approach uses two knowledge database during its process: our proprietary identification tables and Wordnet. The XML schema extracted will be used to integrate the associated deep web source into a mediation system without extracting all its information. {\"\i}{\textquestiondown}{\textonehalf} 2016 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/CIST.2016.7805022},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85010190133\&doi=10.1109\%2fCIST.2016.7805022\&partnerID=40\&md5=0c383caab22e43a339e6b52acca8947b},
	author = {Saissi, Y. and Zellou, A. and Idri, A.}
}
@conference {Saissi201794,
	title = {Towards XML schema extraction from deep web},
	booktitle = {Colloquium in Information Science and Technology, CIST},
	year = {2017},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {94-99},
	abstract = {Today, not all the web is fully accessible by the web search engines. There is a hidden and inaccessible part of the web called the deep web. Many methods exist in the literature to access and to integrate the huge structured data contained in the deep web. In this paper, we propose our approach to extract the XML schema describing a selected deep web source. Our approach is based on the static and the dynamic analysis of the HTML forms giving access to the selected deep web source. Our approach uses two knowledge database during its process: our proprietary identification tables and Wordnet. The XML schema extracted will be used to integrate the associated deep web source into a mediation system without extracting all its information. {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/CIST.2016.7805022},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85010190133\&doi=10.1109\%2fCIST.2016.7805022\&partnerID=40\&md5=0c383caab22e43a339e6b52acca8947b},
	author = {Saissi, Y. and Zellou, A. and Idri, A.}
}
@article {Elmaroud201653,
	title = {Theoretical analysis of BER performance for asynchronous FBMC based multi-cellular networks with non linear distortions},
	journal = {Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering},
	volume = {366},
	year = {2016},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {53-61},
	abstract = {In this paper, we present a theoretical analysis of bit error rate (BER) for asynchronous filter bank multicarrier (FBMC) based multi-cellular networks in the presence of high power amplifiers (HPA) nonlinear distortion (NLD). A promising class of FBMCmodulation called CosineModulated Multitone (CMT) is considered and the analytical BER is derived based on the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of a cellular network consisting of one reference mobile user (MU), one reference base station (BS) and K interfering BSs. The proposed model is evaluated and it is found in very good agreement with simulation results. {\textcopyright} Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016.},
	doi = {10.1007/978-981-287-990-5_5},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84959166330\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-981-287-990-5_5\&partnerID=40\&md5=0544540b48d8d8ec9e084a310f5f3bea},
	author = {Elmaroud, B.a and Faqihi, A.a b and Abbad, M.a and Aboutajdine, D.a}
}
@conference { ISI:000381755100005,
	title = {Theoretical Analysis of BER Performance for Asynchronous FBMC Based Multi-cellular Networks with Non Linear Distortions},
	booktitle = {ADVANCES IN UBIQUITOUS NETWORKING},
	series = {Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering},
	volume = {366},
	year = {2016},
	note = {International Symposium on Ubiquitous Networking (UNet), Casablanca, MOROCCO, SEP 08-10, 2015},
	pages = {53-61},
	abstract = {In this paper, we present a theoretical analysis of bit error rate (BER) for asynchronous filter bank multicarrier (FBMC) based multi-cellular networks in the presence of high power amplifiers (HPA) nonlinear distortion (NLD). A promising class of FBMCmodulation called CosineModulated Multitone (CMT) is considered and the analytical BER is derived based on the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of a cellular network consisting of one reference mobile user (MU), one reference base station (BS) and K interfering BSs. The proposed model is evaluated and it is found in very good agreement with simulation results.},
	isbn = {978-981-287-990-5; 978-981-287-989-9},
	issn = {1876-1100},
	doi = {10.1007/978-981-287-990-5\_5},
	author = {Elmaroud, Brahim and Faqihi, Ahmed and Abbad, Mohammed and Aboutajdine, Driss},
	editor = {Sabir, E and Medromi, H and Sadik, M}
}
@conference { ISI:000376431400036,
	title = {Theoretical Analysis of SINR Performance for Unsynchronized and Nonlinearly Distorted FBMC Signals},
	booktitle = {PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION \& COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES 2015, VOL 1},
	series = {Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering},
	volume = {380},
	year = {2016},
	note = {Mediterranean Conference on Information and Communication Technologies (MedCT), MOROCCO, MAY 07-09, 2015},
	pages = {345-353},
	abstract = {In this paper, we present a theoretical analysis of the joint effect of carrier frequency offset (CFO) and high power amplifier (HPA) nonlinear distortion (NLD) on the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of filter bank multi-carrier (FBMC) systems. A promising class of FBMC modulation, called Cosine Modulated Multitone (CMT), is considered and the analytical SINR is derived in the presence of both HPA NLD and CFO. The simulation results have shown a good agreement with the theoretical analysis.},
	isbn = {978-3-319-30301-7; 978-3-319-30299-7},
	issn = {1876-1100},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-30301-7\_36},
	author = {Elmaroud, Brahim and Faqihi, Ahmed and Abbad, Mohammed and Aboutajdine, Driss},
	editor = {ElOualkadi, A and Choubani, F and ElMoussati, A}
}
@article {Elmaroud2016345,
	title = {Theoretical analysis of SINR performance for unsynchronized and nonlinearly distorted FBMC signals},
	journal = {Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering},
	volume = {380},
	year = {2016},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {345-353},
	abstract = {In this paper, we present a theoretical analysis of the joint effect of carrier frequency offset (CFO) and high power amplifier (HPA) nonlinear distortion (NLD) on the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of filter bank multicarrier (FBMC) systems. A promising class of FBMC modulation, called Cosine Modulated Multitone (CMT), is considered and the analytical SINR is derived in the presence of both HPA NLD and CFO. The simulation results have shown a good agreement with the theoretical analysis. {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-30301-7_36},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84964514091\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-3-319-30301-7_36\&partnerID=40\&md5=01dafa56c7f8076383e3c81b63f4afbc},
	author = {Elmaroud, B.a and Faqihi, A.a b and Abbad, M.a and Aboutajdine, D.a}
}
@conference {Sara2016244,
	title = {Time aware recommendation},
	booktitle = {Proceedings - 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for the Muslim World, ICT4M 2016},
	year = {2016},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {244-247},
	abstract = {The overload of information can become a significant challenge in relation to information retrieval systems. Often users will need to carry out extensive research to get the information they desire. This issue will only become more challenging as the quantity of data available on the internet increases. This increase shows no signs of slowing down and inevitably demands better solutions. One such solution proposed in this paper will look at the quality of the service discovery, such as adaptation customizing recommendation. In our project we considered ways to customize the contextual recommendation by creating a time awareness system. {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/ICT4M.2016.75},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85013052828\&doi=10.1109\%2fICT4M.2016.75\&partnerID=40\&md5=2f395fcbdfe337e52f75ed942f05dffe},
	author = {Sara, A.a and El Bouzekri El Idrissi, Y.b and Ajhoun, R.a}
}
@conference { ISI:000385280000017,
	title = {Toward a Measurement Based E-Government Portals{\textquoteright} Benchmarking Framework},
	booktitle = {PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION \& COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES 2015 (MEDCT 2015), VOL 2},
	series = {Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering},
	volume = {381},
	year = {2016},
	note = {Mediterranean Conference on Information and Communication Technologies (MedCT), Saidia, MOROCCO, MAY 07-09, 2015},
	pages = {161-169},
	abstract = {E-government benchmarking is the process of classifying e-government according to agreed best practices or standards. It can help agencies enhance their portals{\textquoteright} quality by identifying the missing best practices, and providing guidelines to implement them. The aim of this paper is to introduce a benchmarking framework for e-government portals based on measurement of best practices. We have first identified and presented two examples of the benchmarking frameworks available in the literature. Based on the comparison conducted, the findings show that although the benchmarking frameworks are serving their intended purposes, they still suffer from some limitations. The paper also highlights how the new framework differs from the other frameworks and overcomes their limitations.},
	isbn = {978-3-319-30298-0; 978-3-319-30296-6},
	issn = {1876-1100},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-30298-0\_17},
	author = {Fath-Allah, Abdoullah and Cheikhi, Laila and Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Idri, Ali},
	editor = {ElOualkadi, A and Choubani, F and ElMoussati, A}
}
@article {Faqihi2016215,
	title = {Toward a new treatment approach of learning content in cloud era},
	journal = {Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology},
	volume = {83},
	number = {2},
	year = {2016},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {215-226},
	abstract = {Nowadays, Technological development of human beings is extremely related to information. This is proved on the manners and areas that life was computerized such as in trade, government services, medicine, education, learning etc.Nevertheless, the fast development of designing information systems has created several sub-systems in multiple contexts which are conceived by different communities and totally dispersed geographically but all undertaking the same area. Neither contents nor services that these subsystems are made are certainly in the same technology environments. In our research, the learning field goes through many key steps. Actually, new revolutionized practices were implemented due to technology innovation, so transition from classical learning towards distance learning or d-learning is more than possible, it{\textquoteright}s desired. Consequently, this phenomenon has created more opportunities for learners and teachers but also several challenges; in many cases, the multitude of standards hinders the learner migration from a learning environment to another, so it hampers its learning development.In this paper, we will propose a framework of interoperability based on three levels. Since we are interested in semantic level, we propose a process of interoperability of learning content in the cloud era based on a global ontology. Like recommendation systems, we will start our process by acquisition, then validation and finally structuration of the learning content. This structuration way will give to both actors of learning environment a certain flexibility and access to other resources in Cloud environment. The basic principle is to collect content, to enrich it and to make it interoperable by using unified approach in star based on a comprehensive ontology. Our work is a part of MADAR project which is {\textquotedblleft}Learning Architecture Adapted to Mobile Technology{\textquotedblright}. {\textcopyright} 2005 - 2015 JATIT \& LLS. All rights reserved.},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84955166049\&partnerID=40\&md5=211c373530d79c2ab171cd1f8c4a6833},
	author = {Faqihi, B. and Daoudi, N. and Ajhoun, R.}
}
@conference {Elkandoussi2016,
	title = {Toward resolving access control policy conflict in inter-organizational workflows},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA},
	volume = {2016-July},
	year = {2016},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {The rapid growth of Internet and business globalization has lead organizations to collaborate in order to reach common goals through creating inter-organizational workflows. This collaboration poses new security challenges, particularly the cohabitation of different security policies of participating organizations in the workflow. In fact, organizations could have different or even conflicting policies. How to conciliate different local policies and create new coherent global policy free of conflict? How to resolve detected policy conflict? In this paper, we propose a new approach in order to respond to these two issues. This approach is based on the organization weight to resolve detected policy conflict in inter-organizational workflows. {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/AICCSA.2015.7507218},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84980398295\&doi=10.1109\%2fAICCSA.2015.7507218\&partnerID=40\&md5=9b96c724bf2af638ca512e92320fd9fa},
	author = {Elkandoussi, A. and Elbakkali, H. and Elhilali, N.}
}
@article { ISI:000389062400007,
	title = {Towards a Cloud Service Standardization to ensure interoperability in heterogeneous Cloud based environment},
	journal = {INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND NETWORK SECURITY},
	volume = {16},
	number = {7},
	year = {2016},
	month = {JUL 30},
	pages = {60-70},
	abstract = {During the last years, because of the attractive advantages given by Cloud providers to consumers, many companies outsource their data or Information Technology (IT) system to the Cloud based technology. Many Internet protocols for service access standards exist and are used to ensure communication between user{\textquoteright}s browser and Web server, such as Representational State Transfer (REST) and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). The most of Cloud providers use REST as an interface Web service because of its advantages in the Web environment. Contrariwise the SOAP Web service is used in several areas such as education and industrial fields. These client areas had a limited choice of Cloud provider that can respond to their needs, because the number of Cloud providers using SOAP Web service is restricted and each service has its specific characteristics. As a solution, we propose a Cloud SaaS middleware based on two interfaces and an internal component. This Cloud enables communication between Cloud consumer using SOAP Web service and Cloud provider using REST Web service. This is to achieve benefits such as standardization and interoperability and minimizing lock-in of Cloud providers. This paper motivates Cloud SaaS architectures and presents the architecture of the Cloud service standardization.},
	issn = {1738-7906},
	author = {Elhozmari, Majda and Ettalbi, Ahmed}
}
@conference { ISI:000389590600130,
	title = {Towards a Context-aware Platform for Complex and. Stream Event Processing},
	booktitle = {2016 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING \& SIMULATION (HPCS 2016)},
	year = {2016},
	note = {14th International Conference on High Performance Computing \& Simulation (HPCS), Innsbruck, AUSTRIA, JUL 18-22, 2016},
	pages = {961-966},
	publisher = {Assoc Comp Machinery; IEEE; Int Federation Informat Proc; ACM SIGACT; ACM SIGAPP; ACM SIGARCH; ACM SIGMICRO; ACM SIGMOD; ACM SIGSIM; IEEE Austria Sect; IEEE Dayton Sect; Altair PBS Works; E4 Comp Engn; European Grid Infrastructure; HUAWEI Technologies Co },
	organization = {Assoc Comp Machinery; IEEE; Int Federation Informat Proc; ACM SIGACT; ACM SIGAPP; ACM SIGARCH; ACM SIGMICRO; ACM SIGMOD; ACM SIGSIM; IEEE Austria Sect; IEEE Dayton Sect; Altair PBS Works; E4 Comp Engn; European Grid Infrastructure; HUAWEI Technologies Co },
	abstract = {With rapid expansion of wireless ad hoc networks and their interactions with wired networks together with the use of location-based services and the deployment of mobile and wearable sensor devices, it is now possible to develop context aware applications such as those in healthcare and transportation. These applications could react to the environment changes and users{\textquoteright} preference with the main aim is to make their life more comfortable according to their locations, current time and situations. However, handling context changes according to current data and events is a difficult task without supporting tools. Therefore, a platform that includes real-time event/data acquisition and processing is required. In this paper, we first survey existing work related to event processing and big data technologies by highlighting current challenges related to real-time data processing. We then introduce a context-aware platform that merges different technologies such as service oriented architecture, complex-event processing (CEP) tools, and big data technologies. A sample context-aware application for energy efficient buildings control is presented to highlight the different components of the platform and their interactions.},
	isbn = {978-1-5090-2088-1},
	author = {Lachhab, Fadwa and Essaaidi, Mohammed and Bakhouya, Mohamed and Ouladsine, Radouane},
	editor = {Smari, WW}
}
@conference { ISI:000391420300010,
	title = {Towards a generic model of a user profile},
	booktitle = {2016 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS: THEORIES AND APPLICATIONS (SITA)},
	series = {International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Theories and Applications},
	year = {2016},
	note = {11th International Conference on Intelligent Systems - Theories and Applications (SITA), Mohammedia, MOROCCO, OCT 19-20, 2016},
	publisher = {IEEE; Univ Hassan Casablanca; IEEE Morocco Sect; Fac Sci Tech Mohammedia},
	organization = {IEEE; Univ Hassan Casablanca; IEEE Morocco Sect; Fac Sci Tech Mohammedia},
	abstract = {User modelling is an old research discipline. The main concern of this discipline is to improve the quality of human-computer interaction predictive goals, preferences and context. Thus, adaptation and personalization of a document or an application for a particular user need to have information on the latter. It often referred to as {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}user profile{{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright}}. A user profile modelling process must be done in two stages. These can be expressed by two questions: (1) {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}what data?{{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright}} and (2) {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}In what form will they be organized?{{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright}} The answer to the first question will determine all relevant information that best represents the interests and needs of the user. As for the second, it will determine the logical structure in which a profile will be modelled. This paper aims to provide answers to both questions. To do this, we begin with a presentation of different areas where the user profile can make a major contribution. In the second step, we define all the information to be included in the user profile as well as a generic model that we can adapt to different areas.},
	isbn = {978-1-5090-5781-8},
	issn = {2378-2528},
	author = {Anter, Samir and El Yazidi, Mly Hafid and Zellou, Ahmed and Idri, Ali}
}
@conference {Anter2016,
	title = {Towards a generic model of a user profile},
	booktitle = {SITA 2016 - 11th International Conference on Intelligent Systems: Theories and Applications},
	year = {2016},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {User modelling is an old research discipline. The main concern of this discipline is to improve the quality of human-computer interaction predictive goals, preferences and context. Thus, adaptation and personalization of a document or an application for a particular user need to have information on the latter. It often referred to as {\textquoteright}user profile{\textquoteright}. A user profile modelling process must be done in two stages. These can be expressed by two questions: (1) {\textquoteright}what data?{\textquoteright} and (2) {\textquoteright}In what form will they be organized?{\textquoteright} The answer to the first question will determine all relevant information that best represents the interests and needs of the user. As for the second, it will determine the logical structure in which a profile will be modelled. This paper aims to provide answers to both questions. To do this, we begin with a presentation of different areas where the user profile can make a major contribution. In the second step, we define all the information to be included in the user profile as well as a generic model that we can adapt to different areas. {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/SITA.2016.7772265},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85010301085\&doi=10.1109\%2fSITA.2016.7772265\&partnerID=40\&md5=2f2efa11599627d6b4c5ad967869851f},
	author = {Anter, S. and Yazidi, M.H.E. and Zellou, A. and Idri, A.}
}
@conference { ISI:000381172301090,
	title = {Towards A Reference Model for Knowledge Management Performance Measurement},
	booktitle = {INNOVATION MANAGEMENT AND EDUCATION EXCELLENCE VISION 2020: FROM REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABILITY TO GLOBAL ECONOMIC GROWTH, VOLS I - VI},
	year = {2016},
	note = {27th International Business Information Management Association Conference, Milan, ITALY, MAY 04-05, 2016},
	pages = {2744-2755},
	abstract = {Knowledge Management (KM) projects are socio-technical systems that enable knowledge activities and ensure that the right knowledge gets to the right person at the right time. The growing number of KM applications confirms the need for a performance measurement model able to assess the diversity of KM initiatives in order to rationalize their usage. To the best of our knowledge, a generic KM model for performance measurement fitting any kind of KM projects is missing in the literature. Instead, existing approaches are specific to a particular KM project or assess the overall KM of the organization. In this paper, we propose a KM model for performance measurement that is built on existing KM models literature and enhanced with theoretical findings. It also follows the reference modelling design process in view of producing a high quality model.},
	isbn = {978-0-9860419-6-9},
	author = {Oufkir, Latifa and Fredj, Mounia and Kassou, Ismail},
	editor = {Soliman, KS}
}
@conference {Oufkir20162744,
	title = {Towards a reference model for Knowledge Management performance measurement},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the 27th International Business Information Management Association Conference - Innovation Management and Education Excellence Vision 2020: From Regional Development Sustainability to Global Economic Growth, IBIMA 2016},
	year = {2016},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {2744-2755},
	abstract = {Knowledge Management (KM) projects are socio-technical systems that enable knowledge activities and ensure that the right knowledge gets to the right person at the right time. The growing number of KM applications confirms the need for a performance measurement model able to assess the diversity of KM initiatives in order to rationalize their usage. To the best of our knowledge, a generic KM model for performance measurement fitting any kind of KM projects is missing in the literature. Instead, existing approaches are specific to a particular KM project or assess the overall KM of the organization. In this paper, we propose a KM model for performance measurement that is built on existing KM models literature and enhanced with theoretical findings. It also follows the reference modelling design process in view of producing a high quality model. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2016 International Business Information Management Association},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84984611689\&partnerID=40\&md5=6ee42ddfe7a2a3ce0b1f2f99f09aa05b},
	author = {Oufkir, L. and Fredj, M. and Kassou, I.}
}
@conference {Fissaa2016,
	title = {Towards a semantic approach for discovering context aware services},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA},
	volume = {2016-July},
	year = {2016},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {The current service discovery mechanisms are syntactic methods that often offer poor quality results. By researching this area we are able to identify issues that limit the quality of the result with these traditional service mechanisms. To overcome this issue we use ontologies to enable semantic matchmaking. By reasoning on concepts and relations, our approach can derive matches that syntactically would not match. Additionaly, by introducing contextual information in the service discovery process, the quality of the service discovery result may improve. In this paper, we present an overview of the architecture for the discovery of context aware services by using ontologies, we also present our context aware semantic service by extending OWL-S with context properties. {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/AICCSA.2015.7507223},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84980335938\&doi=10.1109\%2fAICCSA.2015.7507223\&partnerID=40\&md5=4b536162f82df5902d0c9e87e0681fa3},
	author = {Fissaa, T.a and Guermah, H.a and Hafiddi, H.a b and Nassar, M.a}
}
@conference {Chabibi2016,
	title = {Towards an alignment of SysML and simulation tools},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA},
	volume = {2016-July},
	year = {2016},
	note = {cited By 1},
	abstract = {Even if it is considered as an effective language for system modeling because of the descriptive aspect of its diagrams, SysML (System Modeling Language) is insufficient for verification of their behavior. This lack is accentuated by the increasing complexity of recent systems. In order to conduct behavior verifications, designers use simulation tools to realize experiments on the studied system. Thus, the efficiency of the engineering process is often reduced because of the separate and consecutive use of both SysML modeling and simulation tools. As a consequence, various research works focused on unifying the potential provided by the SysML language and simulation environments. We propose in this paper to study links taxonomy between SysML and various existing simulation environments. The ultimate goal of this study is to consider the most optimal passage from SysML to various simulation tools. A common environment based on models and modern techniques of model-based engineering will handle this transformation. {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/AICCSA.2015.7507216},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84980349948\&doi=10.1109\%2fAICCSA.2015.7507216\&partnerID=40\&md5=963c125b0daeba5c1d58c329f95e4ef1},
	author = {Chabibi, B.a and Anwar, A.b and Nassar, M.a}
}
@conference {Ayache201655,
	title = {Towards an efficient policy evaluation process in multi-tenancy cloud environments},
	booktitle = {CCSW 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Cloud Computing Security Workshop, co-located with CCS 2016},
	year = {2016},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {55-59},
	abstract = {Cloud computing offers most of its services under multi-tenancy environments. To satisfy security requirements among collaborating tenants, each tenant may define a set of access control policies to secure access to shared data. Several cloud solutions make use of XACML to specify such policies. However, existing implementations of XACML perform a brute force search to compare a request to all existing rules in a given XACML policy. This decreases the decision process (i.e., policy evaluation) performance especially for policies with a large number of rules. In this paper, we propose an automata-based approach for an efficient XACML policy evaluation. We implemented our approach in a cloud policy engine called X2Automata. The engine first converts both XACML policies and access requests to automata. Second, it combines the two automata by a synchronous product. Third, it applies an evaluation procedure to the resulting automaton to decide whether an access request is granted or not. To highlight the efficiency of X2Automata, we compare its performance, based on the OpenStack cloud environment, with the XACML implementation named Balana. {\textcopyright} 2016 ACM.},
	doi = {10.1145/2996429.2996431},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85001655008\&doi=10.1145\%2f2996429.2996431\&partnerID=40\&md5=8259d7215d88c0a1a7a94d837b9564a3},
	author = {Ayache, M.a and Erradi, M.a and Freisleben, B.b and Khoumsi, A.c}
}
@conference { ISI:000390888900008,
	title = {Towards an Efficient Policy Evaluation Process in Multi-Tenancy Cloud Environments},
	booktitle = {CCSW{\textquoteright}16: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2016 ACM CLOUD COMPUTING SECURITY WORKSHOP},
	year = {2016},
	note = {8th ACM Cloud Computing Security Workshop (CCSW), Vienna, AUSTRIA, OCT 28, 2016},
	pages = {55-59},
	publisher = {ACM SIGSAC; ACM},
	organization = {ACM SIGSAC; ACM},
	abstract = {Cloud computing offers most of its services under multi-tenancy environments. To satisfy security requirements among collaborating tenants, each tenant may define a set of access control policies to secure access to shared data. Several cloud solutions make use of XACML to specify such policies. However, existing implementations of XACML perform a brute force search to compare a request to all existing rules in a given XACML policy. This decreases the decision process (i.e., policy evaluation) performance especially for policies with a large number of rules. In this paper, we propose an automata-based approach for an efficient XACML policy evaluation. We implemented our approach in a cloud policy engine called X2Automata. The engine first converts both XACML policies and access requests to automata. Second, it combines the two automata by a synchronous product. Third, it applies an evaluation procedure to the resulting automaton to decide whether an access request is granted or not. To highlight the efficiency of X2Automata, we compare its performance, based on the OpenStack cloud environment, with the XACML implementation named Balana.},
	isbn = {978-1-4503-4572-9},
	doi = {10.1145/2996429.2996431},
	author = {Ayache, Meryeme and Erradi, Mohammed and Freisleben, Bernd and Khoumsi, Ahmed}
}
@conference {ElBassiti201699,
	title = {Towards innovation excellence: Why and how to measure innovation performance?},
	booktitle = {Proceedings - 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for the Muslim World, ICT4M 2016},
	year = {2016},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {99-104},
	abstract = {To maintain competitive advantage, today organizations need to be able to innovate - not just occasionally, but consistently. Mastering the process of innovation requires identifying the factors that support or hamper the achievement of innovations. The success of such process usually depends on the quality of the best opportunity identified, which is not enough. So, a systematic research and delivery framework spawning a set of performance measurements and improvement metrics is required, because, what is not measurable cannot be neither managed nor improved. This paper identifies three complementary components specifically developed to enable such measurement. First, Innovation Granularity Scales enabling highly targeted yet flexible performance analysis ranging from knowledge assessment to high level progressions and improvements; Second, Innovation Capability Stages referring to the minimum capabilities required by transformational milestones along the innovation continuum; Third, Innovation Maturity Levels representing the quality, predictability and performance within the innovation stages. This paper explores these complementary components and presents them as a systematic model underlying a specified innovation performance measurement framework. {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/ICT4M.2016.73},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85013042290\&doi=10.1109\%2fICT4M.2016.73\&partnerID=40\&md5=b94e0c3f51b5c6c4d3a7825a33a2bc8e},
	author = {El Bassiti, L. and Ajhoun, R.}
}
@conference {Kasmi2015,
	title = {Taking advantage of GPU/CPU architectures for sparse Conjugate Gradient solver computation},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of 2015 IEEE World Conference on Complex Systems, WCCS 2015},
	year = {2015},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {Solving large sparse linear systems is a time and energy consuming process. This paper presents an efficient exploitation of graphic processing units (GPUs) for accelerating Conjugate Gradient iterative solver (CG). We use the high-level software library PARALUTION for sparse linear algebra on multi/many-core systems, which supports GPU (with CUDA and OpenCL) and Multi-CPU implementations of CG method using different storage formats. We discuss and compare performance using three platforms. {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/ICoCS.2015.7483268},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84978427957\&doi=10.1109\%2fICoCS.2015.7483268\&partnerID=40\&md5=af973d4adddb0778d096c29e4a71e051},
	author = {Kasmi, N.a and Zbakh, M.a and Mahmoudi, S.A.b and Manneback, P.b}
}
@conference { ISI:000380409500005,
	title = {A Theoretical E-government Portals{\textquoteright} Benchmarking Framework},
	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 = {E-government benchmarking is the process of ranking e-government according to some agreed best practices. It can be used not only to benchmark but also to assess achievements and identify missing best practices for stakeholders. The purpose of this paper is to propose guidelines to build a new benchmarking framework for e-government portals. This framework is based on measurement of best practices using a best practice model. For this purpose, we have first identified and presented five examples of the benchmarking frameworks available in the literature. Based on the conducted comparison, the findings show that although the benchmarking frameworks are serving their intended purposes, they still suffer from some limitations. The paper also explains how the new framework overcomes these limitations.},
	isbn = {978-1-5090-0220-7},
	author = {Fath-Allah, Abdoullah and Cheikhi, Laila and Al-Qutaish, Rafa E. and Idri, Ali}
}
@conference {Fath-Allah2015,
	title = {A theoretical e-government portals{\textquoteright} benchmarking framework},
	booktitle = {2015 10th International Conference on Intelligent Systems: Theories and Applications, SITA 2015},
	year = {2015},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {E-government benchmarking is the process of ranking e-government according to some agreed best practices. It can be used not only to benchmark but also to assess achievements and identify missing best practices for stakeholders. The purpose of this paper is to propose guidelines to build a new benchmarking framework for e-government portals. This framework is based on measurement of best practices using a best practice model. For this purpose, we have first identified and presented five examples of the benchmarking frameworks available in the literature. Based on the conducted comparison, the findings show that although the benchmarking frameworks are serving their intended purposes, they still suffer from some limitations. The paper also explains how the new framework overcomes these limitations. {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/SITA.2015.7358379},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84962415171\&doi=10.1109\%2fSITA.2015.7358379\&partnerID=40\&md5=b708ecadda763851cd774d01e3b2cd31},
	author = {Fath-Allah, A.a and Cheikhi, L.a and Al-Qutaish, R.E.b and Idri, A.a}
}
@conference {Ettazi2015553,
	title = {Towards a context-aware adaptation approach for transactional services},
	booktitle = {ICEIS 2015 - 17th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Proceedings},
	volume = {2},
	year = {2015},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {553-562},
	abstract = {One goal of ubiquitous computing is to enable users to access and perform transactions from any location, at any time and from any device. In a context-aware environment, transaction management is a critical task that requires a dynamic adaptation to the changing context in order to provide service reliability and data consistency. In this paper, we propose a new approach for managing context-aware transactional services. Then we discuss the various researches that have addressed this issue. Finally, we propose a new model for the adaptability of context-aware transactional services called CATSM (Context-Aware Transactional Service Model) and the adaptation mechanisms to implement this model. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2015 SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications.},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84939533791\&partnerID=40\&md5=c938ca86129c8fc5a5d5f6d0b73d993e},
	author = {Ettazi, W.a and Hafiddi, H.a b and Nassar, M.a and Ebersold, S.c}
}
@conference {Belhiah2015189,
	title = {Towards a context-aware framework for assessing and optimizing Data Quality projects},
	booktitle = {DATA 2015 - 4th International Conference on Data Management Technologies and Applications, Proceedings},
	year = {2015},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {189-194},
	abstract = {This paper presents an approach to clearly identify the opportunities for increased monetary and non-monetary benefits from improved Data Quality, within an Enterprise Architecture context. The aim is to measure, in a quantitative manner, how key business processes help to execute an organization{\textquoteright}s strategy, and then to qualify the benefits as well as the complexity of improving data, that are consumed and produced by these processes. These findings will allow to clearly identify data quality improvement projects, based on the latter{\textquoteright}s benefits to the organization and their costs of implementation. To facilitate the understanding of this approach, a Java EE Web application is developed and presented here.},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84964994813\&partnerID=40\&md5=64fb574b1d5d15cd346582c7a58cdd20},
	author = {Belhiah, M. and Benqatla, M.S. and Bounabat, B. and Achchab, S.}
}
@conference {Benkaouz2015284,
	title = {Towards a decentralized OSN for a privacy-preserving e-health system},
	booktitle = {Procedia Computer Science},
	volume = {63},
	year = {2015},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {284-291},
	abstract = {e-health could be defined as the cost-effective and secure use of information and communication technologies in support of health systems, including healthcare related services and monitoring at both the local site and at a distance. Challenges still need to be resolved to build reliable, secure, and efficient e-health platforms with great flexibility. Recently, social networks have seen a growing importance in different applications and could play a prominent role in healthcare. Online Social Networks (OSN) offer new possibilities such as easy access to medical data anytime from anywhere. Due to the sensitivity of health data exchanged over such networks, a special attention need to be paid to security and privacy aspects of these data. The use of existing centralized OSNs raises the big brother problem. Moreover, the centralized architectures of OSNs are not scalable and have a single point of failure. In this work, we suggest a layered architecture while promoting the usage of decentralized design to ensure the scalability and the privacy of an OSN-based e-health system. {\textcopyright} 2015 The Authors.},
	doi = {10.1016/j.procs.2015.08.345},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84954134291\&doi=10.1016\%2fj.procs.2015.08.345\&partnerID=40\&md5=969ef3799a3a3885401d37f00c554699},
	author = {Benkaouz, Y. and Erradi, M.}
}
@conference { ISI:000373842900038,
	title = {Towards a decentralized OSN for a privacy-preserving e-health system},
	booktitle = {6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EMERGING UBIQUITOUS SYSTEMS AND PERVASIVE NETWORKS (EUSPN 2015)/THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CURRENT AND FUTURE TRENDS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN HEALTHCARE (ICTH-2015)},
	series = {Procedia Computer Science},
	volume = {63},
	year = {2015},
	note = {6th International Conference on Emerging Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks (EUSPN) / 5th International Conference on Current and Future Trends of Information and Communication Technologies in Healthcare (ICTH), Berlin, GERMANY, SEP 27-30, 2015},
	pages = {284-291},
	abstract = {e-health could be defined as the cost-effective and secure use of information and communication technologies in support of health systems, including healthcare related services and monitoring at both the local site and at a distance. Challenges still need to be resolved to build reliable, secure, and efficient e-health platforms with great flexibility. Recently, social networks have seen a growing importance in different applications and could play a prominent role in healthcare. Online Social Networks (OSN) offer new possibilities such as easy access to medical data anytime from anywhere. Due to the sensitivity of health data exchanged over such networks, a special attention need to be paid to security and privacy aspects of these data. The use of existing centralized OSNs raises the big brother problem. Moreover, the centralized architectures of OSNs are not scalable and have a single point of failure. In this work, we suggest a layered architecture while promoting the usage of decentralized design to ensure the scalability and the privacy of an OSN-based e-health system. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.},
	issn = {1877-0509},
	doi = {10.1016/j.procs.2015.08.345},
	author = {Benkaouz, Yahya and Erradi, Mohammed},
	editor = {Shakshuki, E}
}
@conference {Khtira201565,
	title = {Towards a framework for feature deduplication during software product lines evolution},
	booktitle = {CEUR Workshop Proceedings},
	volume = {1415},
	year = {2015},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {65-73},
	abstract = {Software product lines are long-living systems that evolve continuously over time to satisfy the new requirements of customers. This evolution consists of adding or modifying features in the core platform of the product line or in derived products. As a result of this change, many model defects can occur, such as inconsistency and duplication. In this paper, we describe our work which proposes a framework to manage the software product line evolutions. The aim of the framework is to formalize the representation of the software product line models and the specifications of the new evolutions. Then, a set of algorithms are provided which enable the detection of feature duplication.},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84940069445\&partnerID=40\&md5=916d28b784901d554c163352785b8fdd},
	author = {Khtira, A.}
}
@conference {Kriouile2015674,
	title = {Towards a high configurable SaaS: To deploy and bind auser-aware tenancy of the SaaS},
	booktitle = {ICEIS 2015 - 17th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Proceedings},
	volume = {2},
	year = {2015},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {674-679},
	abstract = {User-aware tenancy approach integrates the flexibility of the Rich-Variant Component with the high configurability of multi-tenant applications. Multi-tenancy is the notion of sharing instances among a large group of customers, called tenants. Multi-tenancy is a key enabler to exploit economies of scale for Software as a Service (SaaS) approaches. However, the ability of a SaaS application to be adapted to individual tenant{\textquoteright}s needs seem to be a major requirement. Thus, our approach proposes a more flexible and reusable SaaS system for Multi-tenant SaaS application using Rich-Variant Components. The approach consists in a user-aware tenancy for SaaS environments. In this paper, an algorithm is established to derive the necessary instances of Rich-Variant Components building the application and access to them in a scalable and performing manner. The algorithm is based on fundamental concepts from the graph theory. Copyright {\textcopyright} 2015 SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications.},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84939531130\&partnerID=40\&md5=0bb15c00d81573f066c0bc43f469a26f},
	author = {Kriouile, H. and Mcharfi, Z. and El Asri, B.}
}
@article {Kartit201537403,
	title = {Towards a secure electronic voting in cloud computing environment using homomorphic encryption algorithm},
	journal = {International Journal of Applied Engineering Research},
	volume = {10},
	number = {16},
	year = {2015},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {37403-37408},
	abstract = {Cloud computing is the most envisioned paradigm shift in the computing world. In this context, it becomes necessary to properly protect the data from different risks and dangers that are born with cloud computing. In recent years, Storage in Cloud gained popularity among both companies and private users. However, data privacy, security, reliability and interoperability issues still have to be adequately faced and solved. But the most important between them is security and how cloud provider assures it. In this paper we present an electronic voting system based on Homomorphic encryption. Our proposal offers all the advantages of the additively homomorphic encryption scheme. {\textcopyright} Research India Publications.},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84942041969\&partnerID=40\&md5=d7c7f2b6010ffb0011789f148b1fb2ed},
	author = {Kartit, Z.a and El Marraki, M.a and Azougaghe, A.b and Belkasmi, M.b}
}
@conference {Faquih20151,
	title = {Towards a semantic enrichment of configurable process models},
	booktitle = {Colloquium in Information Science and Technology, CIST},
	volume = {2015-January},
	number = {January},
	year = {2015},
	note = {cited By 2},
	pages = {1-6},
	abstract = {In recent years, the concept of Semantic business process management has attracted significant research work, with the emergence of semantic web technologies (SW), which aimed to describe resources in a formal representation with clearly defined semantics in order to be machine-readable. Enriching business process with semantics improves the representation of processes and permits the automation of different tasks such as modeling, configuration, evolution, and promotes more flexible and adaptive solutions according to business requirement changes. Nowadays, the key concept of reuse in Business Process Management is the Configurable Process Model (CPM) solution which is an important approach for reusing and customizing business process models with a set of process variants. However, existing approaches in CPM lack of semantic representation. In this paper, we propose an ontology-based approach for enriching Configurable Process Models with semantics, as a first step towards the enhancement of the CPM evolution process. {\textcopyright} 2014 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/CIST.2014.7016585},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84938088544\&doi=10.1109\%2fCIST.2014.7016585\&partnerID=40\&md5=3fe8210773c4d071e489ee75f3bf7189},
	author = {Faquih, L.E. and Sba{\"\i}, H. and Fredj, M.}
}
@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 {Haqiq2015,
	title = {Towards an approach for behavioral specification of reactive multi-agent system},
	booktitle = {2015 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility, ICTA 2015},
	year = {2015},
	note = {cited By 0},
	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. {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/ICTA.2015.7426924},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84988311281\&doi=10.1109\%2fICTA.2015.7426924\&partnerID=40\&md5=b90071d788aab87fd79309f12b99b1bf},
	author = {Haqiq, A. and Bounabat, B.}
}
@conference { ISI:000380407100058,
	title = {Towards Deployment of a User-Aware Tenancy Using Rich-Variant Components for SaaS Applications},
	booktitle = {2015 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS (CLOUDTECH 15)},
	year = {2015},
	note = {International Conference on Cloud Computing Technologies and Applications (CloudTech), Marrakech, MOROCCO, JUN 02-04, 2015},
	pages = {50-55},
	abstract = {The approach of User-Aware Tenancy integrates the high configurability of multi-tenant applications with the flexibility and the functional variability of Rich-Variant Component use. Multi-tenancy concept consists in sharing instances among a large group of customers, called tenants. Multi-tenancy is a tool to exploit economies of scale widely promoted by Software as a Service (SaaS) models. However, the ability of a SaaS application to be adapted to individual tenant{\textquoteright}s needs seem to be a major requirement. Thus, our approach focuses on more flexibility and more reusability for Multi-tenant SaaS application using the multiview notion of Rich-Variant Components. The approach consists in a user-aware tenancy for SaaS. In this paper, we provide an application of an algorithm deriving the necessary instances of Rich-Variant Components building the application in a scalable and performing manner. The algorithm is based on fundamental concepts from the graph theory, and is accompanied by a reduced school management application as an illustrating example.},
	isbn = {978-1-4673-8149-9},
	author = {Kriouile, Houda and El Asri, Bouchra and El Haloui, M{\textquoteright}barek and Benali, Asmae}
}
@conference {Kriouile2015,
	title = {Towards deployment of a user-aware tenancy using rich-variant components for SaaS applications},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of 2015 International Conference on Cloud Computing Technologies and Applications, CloudTech 2015},
	year = {2015},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {The approach of User-Aware Tenancy integrates the high configurability of multi-tenant applications with the flexibility and the functional variability of Rich-Variant Component use. Multi-tenancy concept consists in sharing instances among a large group of customers, called tenants. Multi-tenancy is a tool to exploit economies of scale widely promoted by Software as a Service (SaaS) models. However, the ability of a SaaS application to be adapted to individual tenant{\textquoteright}s needs seem to be a major requirement. Thus, our approach focuses on more flexibility and more reusability for Multi-tenant SaaS application using the multiview notion of Rich-Variant Components. The approach consists in a user-aware tenancy for SaaS. In this paper, we provide an application of an algorithm deriving the necessary instances of Rich-Variant Components building the application in a scalable and performing manner. The algorithm is based on fundamental concepts from the graph theory, and is accompanied by a reduced school management application as an illustrating example. {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/CloudTech.2015.7337019},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84962798426\&doi=10.1109\%2fCloudTech.2015.7337019\&partnerID=40\&md5=1097c82a9d464b18b102f40d386e959a},
	author = {Kriouile, H. and El Asri, B. and El Haloui, M. and Benali, A.}
}
@conference {Sadki201594,
	title = {Towards negotiable privacy policies in mobile healthcare},
	booktitle = {5th International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology, INTECH 2015},
	year = {2015},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {94-99},
	abstract = {With the increased use of mobile technologies in the health sector, patients are more and more concerned about their privacy protection. Particularly, due to the diversity of actors (physicians, healthcare organizations, Cloud providers. ) and the heterogeneity of privacy policies defined by each actor, conflicts among these policies may occur. We believe that negotiation is one of the best techniques for resolving the issue of conflicting privacy policies. From this perspective, we present an approach and algorithm to negotiate privacy policies based on an extension of the bargaining model. Besides, in order to show how our solution can be applied, we present an example of conflicting privacy policies expressed using S4P, a generic language for specifying privacy preferences and policies. {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/INTECH.2015.7173478},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84946615432\&doi=10.1109\%2fINTECH.2015.7173478\&partnerID=40\&md5=958dc49fb138ea35d757ba394c168cef},
	author = {Sadki, S. and Bakkali, H.E.}
}
@conference { ISI:000380450300019,
	title = {Towards negotiable privacy policies in Mobile Healthcare},
	booktitle = {FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE INNOVATIVE COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY (INTECH 2015)},
	year = {2015},
	note = {International Conference on the Innovative Computing Technology (INTECH), Galicia, SPAIN, MAY 20-22, 2015},
	pages = {94-99},
	abstract = {With the increased use of mobile technologies in the health sector, patients are more and more concerned about their privacy protection. Particularly, due to the diversity of actors (physicians, healthcare organizations, Cloud providers.) and the heterogeneity of privacy policies defined by each actor, conflicts among these policies may occur. We believe that negotiation is one of the best techniques for resolving the issue of conflicting privacy policies. From this perspective, we present an approach and algorithm to negotiate privacy policies based on an extension of the bargaining model. Besides, in order to show how our solution can be applied, we present an example of conflicting privacy policies expressed using S4P, a generic language for specifying privacy preferences and policies.},
	isbn = {978-1-4673-7551-1},
	author = {Sadki, Souad and El Bakkali, Hanan}
}
@article { ISI:000358592700006,
	title = {Towards Services-Based Enterprise Architecture for Cloud Computing-Opened Information Systems},
	journal = {JOURNAL OF COMPUTERS},
	volume = {10},
	number = {3},
	year = {2015},
	month = {MAY},
	pages = {195-202},
	abstract = {With the development of cloud computing technologies and the multiplication of enterprise architecture reference frameworks, the industrials are encouraged to take into account the new concepts of cloud service in the evolution of their information system strategies. The present paper starts by presenting background concepts and the state of the art of the enterprise architecture, in order to propose a maturity model that helps enterprises to build and evaluate a functional component of their Information System architecture and allow them to qualify its externalization to the Cloud Computing as well as its monitoring.},
	issn = {1796-203X},
	author = {El Haloui, M{\textquoteright}barek and Kriouile, Houda and Kriouile, Abdelaziz}
}
@conference { ISI:000361140000010,
	title = {A Tax-inspired Mechanism Design to Achieve QoS in VMIMO Systems : Give to Receive !},
	booktitle = {2014 INTERNATIONAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND MOBILE COMPUTING CONFERENCE (IWCMC)},
	series = {International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference},
	year = {2014},
	note = {10th International Wireless Communications \& Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), Nicosia, CYPRUS, AUG 04-08, 2014},
	pages = {56-62},
	publisher = {IEEE; IEEE Cyprus Sect; Frederick Univ},
	organization = {IEEE; IEEE Cyprus Sect; Frederick Univ},
	abstract = {In this paper, we model a Virtual MIMO system using a game-theoretic approach. We are interested in the uplink, considering a non-coopertive game, where each user try to satisfy a quality of service. The uplink of a direct-sequence code division multiple access (DS-CDMA) data network is considered and a non-cooperative game is proposed in which users are allowed to choose their uplink receivers as well as to satisfy their quality of service. The utility function used in this framework is defined so that the throughput used by the user is divided into two components : the throughput received from cellular Network, and throughput received from Virtual MIMO System. In addition, this framework is used to study a constrained Nash equilibrium for the proposed game, and the impact of the interaction among users.},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-0959-9},
	issn = {2376-6492},
	author = {Bennani, Hassan and Sabir, Essaid and Kobbane, Abdellatif and Walid, Abdellaziz and Ben-Othman, Jalel}
}
@conference {Bennani201456,
	title = {A tax-inspired mechanism design to achieve QoS in VMIMO systems: Give to receive!},
	booktitle = {IWCMC 2014 - 10th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference},
	year = {2014},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {56-62},
	abstract = {In this paper, we model a Virtual MIMO system using a game-theoretic approach. We are interested in the uplink, considering a non-coopertive game, where each user try to satisfy a quality of service. The uplink of a direct-sequence code division multiple access (DS-CDMA) data network is considered and a non-cooperative game is proposed in which users are allowed to choose their uplink receivers as well as to satisfy their quality of service. The utility function used in this framework is defined so that the throughput used by the user is divided into two components: the throughput received from cellular Network, and throughput received from Virtual MIMO System. In addition, this framework is used to study a constrained Nash equilibrium for the proposed game, and the impact of the interaction among users. {\textcopyright} 2014 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/IWCMC.2014.6906332},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84908622993\&doi=10.1109\%2fIWCMC.2014.6906332\&partnerID=40\&md5=8f8afb3e0c78e9a74a2e145125d111ac},
	author = {Bennani, H.a and Sabir, E.b and Kobbane, A.a and Walid, A.a and Ben-Othman, J.c}
}
@article {Benamar2014197,
	title = {Time to collision (TTC) estimation maps based on optical flow in paracatadioptric vision [Estimation des cartes du temps de collision (TTC) bas{\'e}e sur le flot optique en vision para-catadioptrique]},
	journal = {Traitement du Signal},
	volume = {31},
	number = {1-2},
	year = {2014},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {197-219},
	abstract = {The present paper deals with time to collision (TTC) for a mobile robot equipped with a catadioptric camera. This type of cameras is very useful in robotics because it provides a panoramic view field. The time to collision has been extensively studied in the case of perspective cameras. Nevertheless, the methods used are not directly applicable due to strong distortions in the images produced by the omnidirectional camera and they, therefore, need to be adapted. In this work, we propose to compute the TTC thanks to the estimation of the optical flow on omnidirectional images between the robot and the obstacle. We see that the double projection of a 3D point on the mirror and then on the camera plane leads to a new formulation of the TTC for catadioptric cameras. This formulation enables us to know, at each moment and at each pixel of the image, the TTC from the optical flow at this point. Our approach is validated on synthetic data and real experiments. Finally, we show that this calculation can detect obstacles in the motion direction of the robot. {\textcopyright} 2014 Lovoisier.},
	doi = {10.3166/ts.31.197-219},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84930250224\&doi=10.3166\%2fts.31.197-219\&partnerID=40\&md5=1ed78d09cceb5f059e5db87be3aa812f},
	author = {Benamar, F.Z.a d and Fkihi, S.E.b and Demonceaux, C.c and Mouaddib, E.M.d and Aboutajdine, D.a}
}
@conference { ISI:000345780700058,
	title = {Towards a Co-evolution Model for Software Product Lines Based on Cladistics},
	booktitle = {2014 IEEE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH CHALLENGES IN INFORMATION SCIENCE (RCIS)},
	series = {International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science},
	year = {2014},
	note = {IEEE 8th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS), Marrakesh, MOROCCO, MAY 28-30, 2014},
	publisher = {IEEE; IEEE Morocco Sect; EMSI; Lab Math Informatique \& Applicat},
	organization = {IEEE; IEEE Morocco Sect; EMSI; Lab Math Informatique \& Applicat},
	abstract = {The evolution of a software product line is more challenging than the evolution of a single product, because its artifacts depend on many products. If a change is not well studied, it can break the integrity of the reference architecture of the software product line and all the derived products. Hence, when dealing with evolution, the understanding of change and its impact must be the most important activity. Biology is the science which studied evolution the most. Therefore it was necessary for us to understand evolution in biology in order to handle evolution in software product lines. This paper presents our approach to deal with change understanding in software product line using co-evolution analysis which was used in biology to understand how organisms influence each other during their evolution over time. Similarly to biological co-evolution, the co-evolution of artifacts of a software product line consists on analyzing how the evolution of an artifact influences the evolution of the others. The input data used in our approach are extracted from the history of changes that happened to each version of the software product. Our objective is to establish a co-evolution model for software product lines using Cladistics classification which illustrates the evolution of a population through an evolutionary tree.},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-2393-9},
	issn = {2151-1349},
	author = {Benlarabi, Anissa},
	editor = {Bajec, M and Collard, M and Deneckere, R}
}
@article {Hamlaoui2014132,
	title = {Towards a framework for heterogeneous models matching},
	journal = {Journal of Software Engineering},
	volume = {8},
	number = {3},
	year = {2014},
	note = {cited By 2},
	pages = {132-151},
	abstract = {The overall goal of our approach is to relate models of a given domain that are created by different actors and thus are generally heterogeneous that is, described in different DSL (Domain Specific Languages). Instead of building a single global model, we propose to organize the different source models as a network of models which provides a global view of the system through a virtual global model. The matching of these models is done in a shared model of correspondences. We focus in this study on the elaboration of the model of correspondences, through a transformation called "refine" . The approach is illustrated by a representative use case (a Bug Tracking System) and supported by a modeling tool called HMS (Heterogeneous Matching Suite). {\textcopyright} 2014 Academic Journals Inc.},
	doi = {10.3923/jse.2014.132.151},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84899886336\&doi=10.3923\%2fjse.2014.132.151\&partnerID=40\&md5=2803984c51fbf1cde93310f1e0f01e33},
	author = {Hamlaoui, M.E.a b and Ebersold, S.a and Anwar, A.c and Coulette, B.a and Nassar, M.b}
}
@conference { ISI:000380564200105,
	title = {Towards a MDE approach for the establishment of a Contract Service Level Monitoring by Third Party in the Cloud Computing},
	booktitle = {10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SIGNAL-IMAGE TECHNOLOGY AND INTERNET-BASED SYSTEMS SITIS 2014},
	year = {2014},
	note = {International Conference on Signal-Image Technology and Internet-Based Systems SITIS, Marrakesh, MOROCCO, NOV 23-27, 2014},
	pages = {715-720},
	abstract = {Cloud Computing (CC) marks a new step towards IT infrastructure dematerialization. Cloud provides IT resources, software and hardware, remotely accessible, as a service. The adoption of this model raises a number of challenges, particularly with regard to Quality of the provided services. To cope with a highly dynamic environment such as the CC, it is essential to determine in real time Quality of Service (QoS) to meet consumer{\textquoteright}s SLA (Service Level Agreements) specifications. In this context, agreements contract) service level form an appropriate solution to specify these QoS guarantees. It specifies one or more service level objectives (SLO), to guarantee that the delivered QoS satisfies the consumer expectations. Monitoring these QoS agreements for the management of the relationships, between, cloud providers and their services customers is an area that attracts the attention of many researchers and industrialists in the cloud. In our work we introduce the concept of monitoring and respect of the QoS, then we present a third party service provider that ensures the respect of the Quality of Service in real-time to guarantee the performance and the reliability of the Cloud.},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-7978-3},
	doi = {10.1109/SITIS.2014.30},
	author = {Maarouf, Adil and Marzouk, Abderrahim and Haqiq, Abdelkrim and El Hamlaoui, Mahmoud},
	editor = {Yetongnon, K and Dipanda, A and Chbeir, R}
}
@conference {Maarouf2014715,
	title = {Towards a MDE approach for the establishment of a contract service level monitoring by third party in the cloud computing},
	booktitle = {Proceedings - 10th International Conference on Signal-Image Technology and Internet-Based Systems, SITIS 2014},
	year = {2014},
	note = {cited By 5},
	pages = {715-720},
	abstract = {Cloud Computing (CC) marks a new step towards IT infrastructure dematerialization. Cloud provides IT resources, software and hardware, remotely accessible, as a service. The adoption of this model raises a number of challenges, particularly with regard to Quality of the provided services. To cope with a highly dynamic environment such as the CC, it is essential to determine in real time Quality of Service (QoS) to meet consumer{\textquoteright}s SLA (Service Level Agreements) specifications. In this context, agreements (contract) service level form an appropriate solution to specify these QoS guarantees. It specifies one or more service level objectives (SLO), to guarantee that the delivered QoS satisfies the consumer expectations. Monitoring these QoS agreements for the management of the relationships, between, cloud providers and their services customers is an area that attracts the attention of many researchers and industrialists in the cloud. In our work we introduce the concept of monitoring and respect of the QoS, then we present a third party service provider that ensures the respect of the Quality of Service in real-time to guarantee the performance and the reliability of the Cloud. {\textcopyright} 2014 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/SITIS.2014.30},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84928525608\&doi=10.1109\%2fSITIS.2014.30\&partnerID=40\&md5=44f801e0316e4b438967a94b6d2e2f32},
	author = {Maarouf, A.a and Marzouk, A.a and Haqiq, A.a and El Hamlaoui, M.b}
}
@conference {Zeddari20141115,
	title = {Towards a new Framework for building a whole user-defined system from a Colored Petri Networks: Class diagram to a colored Petri networks Towards a new framework},
	booktitle = {International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems -Proceedings},
	year = {2014},
	note = {cited By 2},
	pages = {1115-1119},
	abstract = {In this paper we provide a discussion of designing a new Framework for building a whole system from a colored Petri Network. This framework will integrate the translation process of a multiview class to a colored Petri network developed in [1]. With two examples, we will extend this process by using fields, methods and access control. The advantages of using colored Petri networks compared to ordinary ones are also discussed as well as our new framework design. {\textcopyright} 2014 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/ICMCS.2014.6911381},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84928737785\&doi=10.1109\%2fICMCS.2014.6911381\&partnerID=40\&md5=b9527753dfe029ce9fa56439a47853b2},
	author = {Zeddari, A. and Ettalbi, A.}
}
@conference { ISI:000366999600195,
	title = {Towards a new Framework or building a whole user-defined system from a Colored Petri Networks Class Diagram to a Colored Petri Networks. Towards a new framework.},
	booktitle = {2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMEDIA COMPUTING AND SYSTEMS (ICMCS)},
	year = {2014},
	note = {International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems (ICMCS), Marrakech, MOROCCO, APR 14-16, 2014},
	pages = {1115-1119},
	abstract = {In this paper we provide a discussion of designing a new Framework for building a whole system from a colored Petri Network. This framework will integrate the translation process of a multiview class to a colored Petri network developed in {[}1]. With two examples, we will extend this process by using fields, methods and access control. The advantages of using colored Petri networks compared to ordinary ones are also discussed as well as our new framework design.},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-3824-7},
	author = {Zeddari, Abderrazzak and Ettalbi, Ahmed}
}
@conference { ISI:000380387700116,
	title = {Towards a Requirement-Based Approach to Support Early Decisions in Software Product Line Engineering},
	booktitle = {2014 SECOND WORLD CONFERENCE ON COMPLEX SYSTEMS (WCCS)},
	year = {2014},
	note = {2014 Second World Conference on Complex Systems (WCCS), Agadir, MOROCCO, NOV 10-12, 2014},
	pages = {152-157},
	publisher = {Ibn Zohr Univ; Moroccan Soc of Complex Syst; IEEE Morocco; Int Acad for Syst and Cybernet Sci IASCYS},
	organization = {Ibn Zohr Univ; Moroccan Soc of Complex Syst; IEEE Morocco; Int Acad for Syst and Cybernet Sci IASCYS},
	abstract = {During the creation of a software product, the stakeholders have to take a lot of decisions. These decisions are related to the product scope, requirements priority, architecture assumptions, technological issues, etc. In the domain of Software Product Lines, many studies have dealt with decisions taken during the lifetime of the product, but a little attention has been given to the pre-project decisions. The aim of this paper is to propose a requirement-based framework that capitalizes on the specific products already derived from the product line, in order to support the benchmarking of the possible solutions that respond to a customer{\textquoteright}s needs, and to help the stakeholders of a product take decisions concerning the scope of the product and the requirements to implement.},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-4647-1},
	author = {Khtira, Amal and Benlarabi, Anissa and El Asri, Bouchra}
}
@conference {Khtira2014152,
	title = {Towards a requirement-based approach to support early decisions in software product line engineering},
	booktitle = {2014 2nd World Conference on Complex Systems, WCCS 2014},
	year = {2014},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {152-157},
	abstract = {During the creation of a software product, the stakeholders have to take a lot of decisions. These decisions are related to the product scope, requirements priority, architecture assumptions, technological issues, etc. In the domain of Software Product Lines, many studies have dealt with decisions taken during the lifetime of the product, but a little attention has been given to the pre-project decisions. The aim of this paper is to propose a requirement-based framework that capitalizes on the specific products already derived from the product line, in order to support the benchmarking of the possible solutions that respond to a customer{\textquoteright}s needs, and to help the stakeholders of a product take decisions concerning the scope of the product and the requirements to implement. {\textcopyright} 2014 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/ICoCS.2014.7060993},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84988286512\&doi=10.1109\%2fICoCS.2014.7060993\&partnerID=40\&md5=d227ca52b5793a11500365eb9248052c},
	author = {Khtira, A. and Benlarabi, A. and El Asri, B.}
}
@conference { ISI:000371484600001,
	title = {Towards a semantic enrichment of configurable process models},
	booktitle = {2014 THIRD IEEE INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM IN INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CIST{\textquoteright}14)},
	series = {Colloquium in Information Science and Technology},
	year = {2014},
	note = {3rd IEEE International Colloquium on Information Science and Technology (CIST), Tetouan, MOROCCO, OCT 20-22, 2014},
	pages = {1-6},
	publisher = {IEEE; IEEE Comp Soc; IEEE Commun Soc; IEEE Morocco Sect; IEEE Morocco Comp \& Commun Joint Chapter; UAE IEEE Student Branch; Univ Abdelmalek Essaadi; ENSA Tetouan},
	organization = {IEEE; IEEE Comp Soc; IEEE Commun Soc; IEEE Morocco Sect; IEEE Morocco Comp \& Commun Joint Chapter; UAE IEEE Student Branch; Univ Abdelmalek Essaadi; ENSA Tetouan},
	abstract = {In recent years, the concept of Semantic business process management has attracted significant research work, with the emergence of semantic web technologies (SW), which aimed to describe resources in a formal representation with clearly defined semantics in order to be machine-readable. Enriching business process with semantics improves the representation of processes and permits the automation of different tasks such as modeling, configuration, evolution, and promotes more flexible and adaptive solutions according to business requirement changes. Nowadays, the key concept of reuse in Business Process Management is the Configurable Process Model (CPM) solution which is an important approach for reusing and customizing business process models with a set of process variants. However, existing approaches in CPM lack of semantic representation. In this paper, we propose an ontology-based approach for enriching Configurable Process Models with semantics, as a first step towards the enhancement of the CPM evolution process.},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-5979-2},
	issn = {2327-185X},
	author = {El Faquih, Loubna and Sbai, Hanae and Fredj, Mounia},
	editor = {ElMohajir, M and AlAchhab, M and Chahhou, M}
}
@conference {Hammani2014146,
	title = {Towards a variable non-functional requirements integration for component-based product line: A generic approach},
	booktitle = {2014 2nd World Conference on Complex Systems, WCCS 2014},
	year = {2014},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {146-151},
	abstract = {Software Product Line and Component-Based Software Engineering are two expanding paradigms for developing critical and complex systems. Therefore, these two paradigms seem have complementary strengths. So, significant benefits can be gained from their integration. Despite the fact that Non-Functional Requirements (such as security, performance and reliability) are critical to software systems, and they must be taken into account at early stage of software development life cycle and should be explicitly specified as well as functional requirements; these NFR are overlooked in Software Product line and Component-Based Software Development Processes. So, our main objective is to discuss some recent approaches in the field and to propose a new extension to Software Product Line processes that supports Component-Based Approaches, and integrates Non-Functional Requirement in domain requirements stage. {\textcopyright} 2014 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/ICoCS.2014.7060992},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84988286060\&doi=10.1109\%2fICoCS.2014.7060992\&partnerID=40\&md5=3c43beb6d08dd3ee03dc69958f9d5ee7},
	author = {Hammani, F.Z. and Rhanoui, M. and El Asri, B.}
}
@conference { ISI:000380387700115,
	title = {Towards a Variable Non-Functional Requirements Integration for Component-Based Product Line},
	booktitle = {2014 SECOND WORLD CONFERENCE ON COMPLEX SYSTEMS (WCCS)},
	year = {2014},
	note = {2014 Second World Conference on Complex Systems (WCCS), Agadir, MOROCCO, NOV 10-12, 2014},
	pages = {146-151},
	publisher = {Ibn Zohr Univ; Moroccan Soc of Complex Syst; IEEE Morocco; Int Acad for Syst and Cybernet Sci IASCYS},
	organization = {Ibn Zohr Univ; Moroccan Soc of Complex Syst; IEEE Morocco; Int Acad for Syst and Cybernet Sci IASCYS},
	abstract = {Software Product Line and Component-Based Software Engineering are two expanding paradigms for developing critical and complex systems. Therefore, these two paradigms seem have complementary strengths. So, significant benefits can be gained from their integration. Despite the fact that Non-Functional Requirements (such as security, performance and reliability) are critical to software systems, and they must be taken into account at early stage of software development life cycle and should be explicitly specified as well as functional requirements; these NFR are overlooked in Software Product line and Component-Based Software Development Processes. So, our main objective is to discuss some recent approaches in the field and to propose a new extension to Software Product Line processes that supports Component-Based Approaches, and integrates Non-Functional Requirement in domain requirements stage.},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-4647-1},
	author = {Hammani, Fatima Zahra and Rhanoui, Maryem and El Asri, Bouchra}
}
@conference { ISI:000345780700060,
	title = {Towards an Agile Feature Composition for a Large Scale Software Product Lines},
	booktitle = {2014 IEEE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH CHALLENGES IN INFORMATION SCIENCE (RCIS)},
	series = {International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science},
	year = {2014},
	note = {IEEE 8th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS), Marrakesh, MOROCCO, MAY 28-30, 2014},
	publisher = {IEEE; IEEE Morocco Sect; EMSI; Lab Math Informatique \& Applicat},
	organization = {IEEE; IEEE Morocco Sect; EMSI; Lab Math Informatique \& Applicat},
	abstract = {Modern applications tend to be cross-industry and to cover simultaneously different domains. Feature models need then to be composed in order to build domains with much larger scopes. Many approaches have been proposed by researchers to address this composition issue. Though, an overview of these compositional approaches shows that there are several areas for improvement especially in terms of automation tool support and agility. Our proposal in this doctoral paper is to discuss the feasibility of bringing the agility and the dynamism of software oriented computing techniques to the feature models composition relevant to different domains throughout a mashing up of their cooperating services.},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-2393-9},
	issn = {2151-1349},
	author = {Dehmouch, Ikram},
	editor = {Bajec, M and Collard, M and Deneckere, R}
}
@conference { ISI:000366999600174,
	title = {Towards an Ontology based Architecture for Context-Aware Services Composition},
	booktitle = {2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMEDIA COMPUTING AND SYSTEMS (ICMCS)},
	year = {2014},
	note = {International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems (ICMCS), Marrakech, MOROCCO, APR 14-16, 2014},
	pages = {990-995},
	abstract = {An important challenge in pervasive computing environments is to automatically enable software applications by dynamically composing services. Service composition is a way to plan a business process to fulfill business goals that cannot be achieved by individual business services. Given a representation of services in OWL-S, service composition can be modeled as an Artificial Intelligence planning (AI planning) problem. Based on the initial context and the goal context, planning-based service composition launches a goal-oriented composition procedure to generate a plan for the service composition. In this paper, we present an overview of the architecture for the composition of context aware services based on ontologies, we also present our Composition Planner that allows to generate a plan corresponding to the request of the users according to their context.},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-3824-7},
	author = {Fissaa, Tarik and Guermah, Hatim and Hafiddi, Hatim and Nassar, Mahmoud and Kriouile, Abdelaziz}
}
@conference {ElHamlaoui201453,
	title = {Towards an ontology-based approach for heterogeneous model matching},
	booktitle = {CEUR Workshop Proceedings},
	volume = {1236},
	year = {2014},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {53-62},
	abstract = {The overall goal of our approach is to relate models - of a given domain - that are designed by different actors in different Domain Specific Languages, and thus are heterogeneous. Instead of building a single global model, we propose to organize the different source models as a network of models, which provides a global view of the system through a correspondence model. This latter, conform to a correspondence meta-model is built via a manual matching process. In this paper we explore the possibility of representing models as ontologies and take advantage of an automated process to match them.in order to enhance the automation of the matching process.},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84911940557\&partnerID=40\&md5=3968ced6860eb6d70c7f0d5c78a95a83},
	author = {El Hamlaoui, M.a b and Trojahn, C.a and Ebersold, S.a and Coulette, B.a}
}
@conference { ISI:000366999600120,
	title = {Towards controlled-privacy in e-health: A comparative study},
	booktitle = {2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMEDIA COMPUTING AND SYSTEMS (ICMCS)},
	year = {2014},
	note = {International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems (ICMCS), Marrakech, MOROCCO, APR 14-16, 2014},
	pages = {680-685},
	abstract = {Technological advances in electronic services have made it easier than ever before to access and share different kinds of data. In the healthcare sector, the exchange of patients{\textquoteright} information between different actors (hospitals, laboratories, pharmacies...) improves diagnosis and treatment quality and reduces related costs. However, this exchange arise new security concerns and makes patient information subject to privacy breaches. In the literature, several privacy-preserving approaches have been proposed, most of which focus on protecting private data using cryptographic, access control or anonymitization techniques. Thus, the patient becomes a passive actor regarding the disclosure of his personal information. In this paper we consider the following question: should patients only rely on third parties to protect their sensitive data or shall they be granted some kind of control to select the level of privacy and security they want? In this context, we propose a comparative study of some recent work in the area of e-services privacy. The analysis of this study shows that data privacy is not fairly user controlled particularly in the health sector.},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-3824-7},
	author = {Sadki, Souad and El Bakkali, Hanan}
}
@conference {Sadki2014674,
	title = {Towards controlled-privacy in e-health: A comparative study},
	booktitle = {International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems -Proceedings},
	year = {2014},
	note = {cited By 1},
	pages = {674-679},
	abstract = {Technological advances in electronic services have made it easier than ever before to access and share different kinds of data. In the healthcare sector, the exchange of patients{\textquoteright} information between different actors (hospitals, laboratories, pharmacies...) improves diagnosis and treatment quality and reduces related costs. However, this exchange arise new security concerns and makes patient information subject to privacy breaches. In the literature, several privacy-preserving approaches have been proposed, most of which focus on protecting private data using cryptographic, access control or anonymitization techniques. Thus, the patient becomes a passive actor regarding the disclosure of his personal information. In this paper we consider the following question: should patients only rely on third parties to protect their sensitive data or shall they be granted some kind of control to select the level of privacy and security they want? In this context, we propose a comparative study of some recent work in the area of e-services privacy. The analysis of this study shows that data privacy is not fairly user controlled particularly in the health sector. {\textcopyright} 2014 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/ICMCS.2014.6911323},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84928712879\&doi=10.1109\%2fICMCS.2014.6911323\&partnerID=40\&md5=cbabd84ef94415517785664934541c9f},
	author = {Sadki, S. and El Bakkali, H.}
}
@conference { ISI:000380387700080,
	title = {Towards Flexible and Reusable SaaS for Multi-tenancy To design, implement and bind multi-functional variability for Rich-Variant services},
	booktitle = {2014 SECOND WORLD CONFERENCE ON COMPLEX SYSTEMS (WCCS)},
	year = {2014},
	note = {2014 Second World Conference on Complex Systems (WCCS), Agadir, MOROCCO, NOV 10-12, 2014},
	pages = {164-170},
	publisher = {Ibn Zohr Univ; Moroccan Soc of Complex Syst; IEEE Morocco; Int Acad for Syst and Cybernet Sci IASCYS},
	organization = {Ibn Zohr Univ; Moroccan Soc of Complex Syst; IEEE Morocco; Int Acad for Syst and Cybernet Sci IASCYS},
	abstract = {Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is a new delivery model, that involves providing applications to the customer on demand over the Internet. SaaS promotes multi-tenancy as a tool to exploit economies of scale. However, the flexibility of an application to be adapted to individual tenant{\textquoteright}s needs is a major requirement. Thus, we initiate in this paper to an approach proposing a more flexible and reusable SaaS system for multitenancy. This approach consist on integrating a functional variability using Rich-Variant Components with a deployment variability enabling the customers to choose with which others tenants they want or don{\textquoteright}t want to share instances. The approach presented enables exploiting the economies of scale while avoiding the problem of customers{\textquoteright} hesitation about sharing with other tenants.},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-4647-1},
	author = {Kriouile, Houda and El Asri, Bouchra and El Haloui, M{\textquoteright}barek}
}
@conference {Jamoussi2014293,
	title = {Track report of conference on collaborative software process (CSP 2014)},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the Workshop on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, WETICE},
	year = {2014},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {293},
	abstract = {Building complex and trustworthy software systems in the shortest time-to-market remains the challenging objective that competitive companies are facing constantly, and mastering the development process is a key issue towards this objective.Companies need to be able to formalize their development processes in order to analyze them, to enact them, and to assess them for quality measurement and efficiency improvement. In the context of complex software and systems development, there are many actors involved in the development who use different tools and heterogeneous modeling languages. So we can say that resulting processes are highly collaborative and must be described and enacted as such. {\textcopyright} 2014 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/WETICE.2014.92},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84908408744\&doi=10.1109\%2fWETICE.2014.92\&partnerID=40\&md5=fa8f8421794c76aad5438ff06ead15d0},
	author = {Jamoussi, Y.a and Coulette, B.b and Nassar, M.c}
}
@conference { ISI:000352498700056,
	title = {Track Report of CSP Track of WETICE-2014},
	booktitle = {2014 IEEE 23RD INTERNATIONAL WETICE CONFERENCE (WETICE)},
	year = {2014},
	note = {23rd IEEE International Conference on Enabling Technologies, Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE), Parma, ITALY, JUN 23-25, 2014},
	pages = {293},
	publisher = {IEEE; IEEE Comp Soc; W Virginia Univ; FoCAS EU FP7; IEEE Syst Man \& Cybernet Soc Italian Chapter},
	organization = {IEEE; IEEE Comp Soc; W Virginia Univ; FoCAS EU FP7; IEEE Syst Man \& Cybernet Soc Italian Chapter},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-4249-7},
	author = {Jamoussi, Yassine and Coulette, Bernard and Nassar, Mahmoud},
	editor = {Reddy, SM}
}
@conference {Benaija2014447,
	title = {Trade off between risk management, value creation and strategic alignment in project portfolio management},
	booktitle = {ICEIS 2014 - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems},
	volume = {3},
	year = {2014},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {447-452},
	abstract = {Projects portfolio management allows the company to select, prioritize, integrate, manage and check its projects in a multi project context. In this paper, we consider a very important part of the projects portfolio management namely the selection of projects. Indeed, the greatest challenge for managers today is to be sure that the projects initiated achieve the strategic and financial objectives of the company. Our paper proposes a framework for project selection based on three main criteria: value creation, risk management and alignment with the business strategy. After a brief review of the literature regarding the basic concepts used, we propose bivariate analyses: risk-value, risk-alignment and value-alignment. Our contribution in this paper is to design a framework that realizes the trade-off between the three criteria.},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84902322001\&partnerID=40\&md5=92cfe2c0cd837f2b4a950d074a5e671a},
	author = {Benaija, K. and Kjiri, L.}
}
@conference {Lahlou2013,
	title = {A Text Classification based method for context extraction from online reviews},
	booktitle = {2013 8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems: Theories and Applications, SITA 2013},
	year = {2013},
	note = {cited By 1},
	abstract = {Recommender systems are systems that filter information depending on users{\textquoteright} profiles and suggest items that might match their preferences. While the majority of existing researches compute recommendation by considering only users and items, Context Aware Recommendation Systems (CARS) consider, in addition to users and items, others features related to the context. A first issue in CARS studies is to identify the contextual features. In this paper, we investigate the use of Text Classification techniques to extract contextual features from users{\textquoteright} reviews. We conduct experiments to identify the best classification algorithm for our dataset. We evaluate our approach on hotel reviews. We focus on extracting the trip type, as contextual information, from these reviews. Results show that the Multinomial Na{\"\i}ve Bayes performs best in our dataset, with a F1 score of 60.1\%. Since contextual information are not always provided in the reviews, we think that our results are promising. We conclude that this research area needs deeper studies. {\textcopyright} 2013 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/SITA.2013.6560804},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84883074857\&doi=10.1109\%2fSITA.2013.6560804\&partnerID=40\&md5=440fb81da26cacbb428c326c7dc6cf50},
	author = {Lahlou, F.Z. and Mountassir, A. and Benbrahim, H. and Kassou, I.}
}
@conference { ISI:000326649800021,
	title = {A Text Classification Based Method for Context Extraction from Online Reviews},
	booktitle = {2013 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS: THEORIES AND APPLICATIONS (SITA)},
	year = {2013},
	note = {8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems - Theories and Applications (SITA), Ecole Mohammadia Ingenieurs, Rabat, MOROCCO, MAY 08-09, 2013},
	publisher = {IEEE; IEEE Morocco Sect; Univ Mohammed V Agdal},
	organization = {IEEE; IEEE Morocco Sect; Univ Mohammed V Agdal},
	abstract = {Recommender systems are systems that filter information depending on users{\textquoteright} profiles and suggest items that might match their preferences. While the majority of existing researches compute recommendation by considering only users and items, Context Aware Recommendation Systems (CARS) consider, in addition to users and items, others features related to the context. A first issue in CARS studies is to identify the contextual features. In this paper, we investigate the use of Text Classification techniques to extract contextual features from users{\textquoteright} reviews. We conduct experiments to identify the best classification algorithm for our dataset. We evaluate our approach on hotel reviews. We focus on extracting the trip type, as contextual information, from these reviews. Results show that the Multinomial Naive Bayes performs best in our dataset, with a F1 score of 60.1\%. Since contextual information are not always provided in the reviews, we think that our results are promising. We conclude that this research area needs deeper studies.},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-0299-6},
	author = {Zahra Lahlou, Fatima and Mountassir, Asmaa and Benbrahim, Houda and Kassou, Ismail}
}
@conference { ISI:000341079600060,
	title = {To trace and guide evolution in configurable process models},
	booktitle = {2013 ACS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS (AICCSA)},
	year = {2013},
	note = {IEEE and Arab-Computing-Society (ACS) International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA), Al Akhawayn Univ, Ifrane, MOROCCO, MAY 27-30, 2013},
	publisher = {IEEE; Arab Comp Soc},
	organization = {IEEE; Arab Comp Soc},
	abstract = {Today, research on business process management (BPM) outlines the importance of business process reuse through reference process models which are interested in capturing common practices of organizations. Consequently, reusing these reference process models stresses the necessity of managing a set of process variants. In this context, configurable process model solutions have been developed to facilitate customization of business process in a specific scenario. However, configurable process model should evolve in order to meet new business requirements. To address this issue, we propose a process patterns based approach for leading configurable process model evolution. For supporting traceability of the transition from a given version of a configurable process model to another, an evolution metamodel has been defined. In this paper, we present i) only one pattern of our proposed patterns system, the Activity substitution process pattern, and ii) a proposition of the evolution metamodel.},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-0792-2},
	author = {Sbai, Hanae and Fredj, Mounia and Kjiri, Laila}
}
@article {Taoudi2013186,
	title = {Toward a methodology to control interoperability improvement projects execution},
	journal = {Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing},
	volume = {144 LNBIP},
	year = {2013},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {186-197},
	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. {\textcopyright} 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-36796-0-16},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84875669050\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-3-642-36796-0-16\&partnerID=40\&md5=3e625070ada163cbd362488ef19b5df4},
	author = {Taoudi, A. and Bounabat, B. and Elmir, B.}
}
@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}
}
@article {Taoudi2013186,
	title = {Toward a methodology to control interoperability improvement projects execution},
	journal = {Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing},
	volume = {144},
	year = {2013},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {186-197},
	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 {\textcopyright} International Federation for Information Processing 2013.},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-36796-0_16},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85005938260\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-3-642-36796-0_16\&partnerID=40\&md5=8e963d3b3e480a7c9f32b5e9fb584be5},
	author = {Taoudi, A. and Bounabat, B. and Elmir, B.}
}
@conference { ISI:000350287800031,
	title = {Toward a Semantic SOA implementation Strategy},
	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 = {SOA allows a rapid and low-cost application development through service composition. Existing used methodologies designed to support service oriented development cannot be reused for semantic SOA without any adaptation. As a consequence, new methodologies are required to ensure effective semantic SOA application development. This paper aims to present an implementation strategy for the semantic layer of the Semantic SOA.},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-3392-1},
	author = {Slimani, Soumaya and Baina, Salah and Baina, Karim}
}
@conference {Slimani2013,
	title = {Toward a semantic SOA implementation strategy},
	booktitle = {2013 3rd International Symposium ISKO-Maghreb},
	year = {2013},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {SOA allows a rapid and low-cost application development through service composition. Existing used methodologies designed to support service oriented development cannot be reused for semantic SOA without any adaptation. As a consequence, new methodologies are required to ensure effective semantic SOA application development. This paper aims to present an implementation strategy for the semantic layer of the Semantic SOA. {\textcopyright} 2013 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/ISKO-Maghreb.2013.6728157},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84894117210\&doi=10.1109\%2fISKO-Maghreb.2013.6728157\&partnerID=40\&md5=7b53f42a84801e92d989fdbf09615d72},
	author = {Slimani, S. and Baina, S. and Baina, K.}
}
@conference {ElIdrissi2013134,
	title = {Towards a dynamic mapping in P2P mediation system},
	booktitle = {2013 5th International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology, CSIT 2013 - Proceedings},
	year = {2013},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {134-141},
	abstract = {The data sources integration, disseminated on a network is a major preoccupation in many sectors. Problems due to share and to integrate information Interests a lot of researcher{\textquoteright}s communities since last years. Works were carried to develop tools and techniques for transparent access to data sources available in a network. In this context, two types of integration systems are distinguished: the virtual integration based on mediation systems and the integration based on Peer to Peer systems (P2P). In this paper, we are interested to the correspondence discovery problem, or Mappings, between global schema in a third type of architecture such as the mediation systems based on P2P architecture. {\textcopyright} 2013 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/CSIT.2013.6588771},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84884899567\&doi=10.1109\%2fCSIT.2013.6588771\&partnerID=40\&md5=f694b43a6730e442a9f28c5c4d562a85},
	author = {El Idrissi, S.E.Y. and Zellou, A. and Idri, A.}
}
@conference { ISI:000332960400023,
	title = {Towards a Dynamic Mapping in P2P Mediation system},
	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 = {134-141},
	publisher = {Appl Sci Private Univ, Fac Informat Technol},
	organization = {Appl Sci Private Univ, Fac Informat Technol},
	abstract = {The data sources integration, disseminated on a network is a major preoccupation in many sectors. Problems due to share and to integrate information Interests a lot of researcher{\textquoteright}s communities since last years. Works were carried to develop tools and techniques for transparent access to data sources available in a network. In this context, two types of integration systems are distinguished: the virtual integration based on mediation systems and the integration based on Peer to Peer systems (P2P). In this paper, we are interested to the correspondence discovery problem, or Mappings, between global schema in a third type of architecture such as the mediation systems based on P2P architecture.},
	isbn = {978-1-4673-5825-5},
	issn = {2381-3458},
	author = {El Idrissi, Selma El Yahyaoui and Zellou, Ahmed and Idri, Ali}
}
@conference { ISI:000350287800038,
	title = {Towards a Framework for Knowledge Management in a Virtual Information Integration},
	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 = {The main objective of this paper is to present an approach allowing equipping the virtual information integration systems by mechanisms of knowledge management in order to return better responses to user demands. These mechanisms will help the integration systems to take into account the user logic (for the requested information treatment) and the information production logic (the logic of the information itself).},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-3392-1},
	author = {Zellou, Ahmed}
}
@conference {Zellou2013,
	title = {Towards a framework for knowledge management in a virtual information integration},
	booktitle = {2013 3rd International Symposium ISKO-Maghreb},
	year = {2013},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {The main objective of this paper is to present an approach allowing equipping the virtual information integration systems by mechanisms of knowledge management in order to return better responses to user demands. These mechanisms will help the integration systems to take into account the user logic (for the requested information treatment) and the information production logic (the logic of the information itself). {\textcopyright} 2013 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/ISKO-Maghreb.2013.6728196},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84894151898\&doi=10.1109\%2fISKO-Maghreb.2013.6728196\&partnerID=40\&md5=e54c8044a9c00a0f872acec24b59886b},
	author = {Zellou, A.}
}
@article {ElYazidi20131650,
	title = {Towards a fuzzy mapping for virtual integration system},
	journal = {International Review on Computers and Software},
	volume = {8},
	number = {7},
	year = {2013},
	note = {cited By 1},
	pages = {1650-1657},
	abstract = {To access a unified way to different information sources while hiding the user autonomy, heterogeneity, distribution and evolution of these sources, we thought to integrate its different sources of information, one of the existing integration approaches appear mediation as virtual approach. The integration approach mediation is performed using a global schema, and a set of mapping (links) associating schemas of sources to integrate with the global schema. The problem arises in creating the set of correspondences between the elements of the schema global and all the elements of local schemas, in this paper we present our approach: A New Fuzzy Mapping Approach for Mediation Systems, a new approach based on fundamental principles of the theory of fuzzy sets. Our approach is to define and associate to each link between two elements a weight that reflects the degree of its existence, it is present in an analysis using two components: syntactic and semantic. {\textcopyright} 2013 Praise Worthy Prize S.r.l. - All rights reserved.},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84884268047\&partnerID=40\&md5=475d3b48645e8a3f8406303d28193d1a},
	author = {El Yazidi, M.H. and Zellou, A. and Idri, A.}
}
@conference { ISI:000326649800031,
	title = {Towards a Generic Composition of Specific Domain Models},
	booktitle = {2013 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS: THEORIES AND APPLICATIONS (SITA)},
	year = {2013},
	note = {8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems - Theories and Applications (SITA), Ecole Mohammadia Ingenieurs, Rabat, MOROCCO, MAY 08-09, 2013},
	publisher = {IEEE; IEEE Morocco Sect; Univ Mohammed V Agdal},
	organization = {IEEE; IEEE Morocco Sect; Univ Mohammed V Agdal},
	abstract = {Systems become complex and no more restricted to one specific domain. So, it is impracticable to describe the whole system by one model. This leads to resolve the problem of composing the domain models described by the system. In this context, this article proposes a new approach for composing specific domain models. First, we analyze some related works. On the basis of the key findings and conclusions drawn from the analysis, we propose a multidimensional approach based on the composition of crosscutting concerns contained in the source domain models.},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-0299-6},
	author = {Baya, Asmaa and El Asri, Bouchra and Nassar, Mahmoud}
}
@conference {Baya2013,
	title = {Towards a generic composition of specific domain models},
	booktitle = {2013 8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems: Theories and Applications, SITA 2013},
	year = {2013},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {Systems become complex and no more restricted to one specific domain. So, it is impracticable to describe the whole system by one model. This leads to resolve the problem of composing the domain models described by the system. In this context, this article proposes a new approach for composing specific domain models. First, we analyze some related works. On the basis of the key findings and conclusions drawn from the analysis, we propose a multidimensional approach based on the composition of crosscutting concerns contained in the source domain models. {\textcopyright} 2013 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/SITA.2013.6560814},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84883068655\&doi=10.1109\%2fSITA.2013.6560814\&partnerID=40\&md5=305636eab7c0f637087ff1c25c8b1cd7},
	author = {Baya, A. and El Asri, B. and Nassar, M.}
}
@conference { ISI:000386615500047,
	title = {Towards a Process Patterns based Approach for Promoting Adaptability in Configurable Process Models},
	booktitle = {ICEIS: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 15TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEMS - VOL 3},
	year = {2013},
	note = {15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS), Angers, FRANCE, JUL 04-07, 2013},
	pages = {382-387},
	publisher = {ESEO Grp; Inst Syst \& Technologies Informat, Control \& Commun; Assoc Advancement Artificial Intelligence; IEICE Special Interest Grp Software Interprise Modelling; ACM Special Interest Grp Management Informat Syst; ACM Special Interest Grp Comp Human Inte},
	organization = {ESEO Grp; Inst Syst \& Technologies Informat, Control \& Commun; Assoc Advancement Artificial Intelligence; IEICE Special Interest Grp Software Interprise Modelling; ACM Special Interest Grp Management Informat Syst; ACM Special Interest Grp Comp Human Inte},
	abstract = {Reference process modeling approach has been proposed in order to provide a generic solution for reuse in business process management. These models are intended to be adapted by different organizations to respond to new requirements. As a result of this adaptation, a set of variants of the reference process model must be managed. In this context, configurable solutions have been developed to manage variability by integrating all possible configurations. However, enterprises are involved in competitive and complex environments which impose them to often adapt their configurable process models to deal with the increasing globalisation. Therefore, configurable process models should evolve over time in terms of activities, resources and data to meet new needs. In this paper, we propose a process patterns based approach to guide designers in evolving configurable process models at design time as a first step of our contribution to provide an automated support for evolving configurable process models. The presentation of our process patterns system is limited in this paper to the Activity Insertion Process Pattern.},
	isbn = {978-989-8565-61-7},
	doi = {10.5220/0004565503820387},
	author = {Sbai, Hanae and Fredj, Mounia and Kjiri, Laila},
	editor = {Hammoudi, S and Maciaszek, L and Cordeiro, J and Dietz, J}
}
@conference {Sbai2013382,
	title = {Towards a process patterns based approach for promoting adaptability in configurable process models},
	booktitle = {ICEIS 2013 - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems},
	volume = {3},
	year = {2013},
	note = {cited By 3},
	pages = {382-387},
	abstract = {Reference process modeling approach has been proposed in order to provide a generic solution for reuse in business process management. These models are intended to be adapted by different organizations to respond to new requirements. As a result of this adaptation, a set of variants of the reference process model must be managed. In this context, configurable solutions have been developed to manage variability by integrating all possible configurations. However, enterprises are involved in competitive and complex environments which impose them to often adapt their configurable process models to deal with the increasing globalisation. Therefore, configurable process models should evolve over time in terms of activities, resources and data to meet new needs. In this paper, we propose a process patterns based approach to guide designers in evolving configurable process models at design time as a first step of our contribution to provide an automated support for evolving configurable process models. The presentation of our process patterns system is limited in this paper to the Activity Insertion Process Pattern.},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84887716124\&partnerID=40\&md5=f45ed794bc8aa6fa44256d12d21c58e4},
	author = {Sba{\"\i}, H. and Fredj, M. and Kjiri, L.}
}
@conference {BenHiba2013,
	title = {Towards an SNA-BI based support system for the structural evaluation of project virtual teams},
	booktitle = {2013 8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems: Theories and Applications, SITA 2013},
	year = {2013},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {Ineffective communication practices are a recurrent issue for project virtual teams that solely communicate using social and collaborative platforms. Since that communication is critical in virtual structures, monitoring it closely is a key factor for the success of the project at hand. In previous works, we proposed a three-aspects (structural, intrinsic and functional) based framework that examines virtual teams through a network perspective using Social Network Analysis (SNA). We also suggested building an SNA system, which integrates some Business Intelligence concepts, for evaluating the structural aspect of project virtual teams, based on data collected from social collaborative platforms. As the system necessitates effective ways for data storage and rendering, we delve, in this paper, into more details of the BI component of the proposed system. {\textcopyright} 2013 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/SITA.2013.6560790},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84883074351\&doi=10.1109\%2fSITA.2013.6560790\&partnerID=40\&md5=a041749512e21e8f47c6de03a32079fa},
	author = {Ben Hiba, L. and Janati Idrissi, M.A.}
}
@conference { ISI:000326649800007,
	title = {Towards an SNA-BI based support system for the structural evaluation of project virtual teams},
	booktitle = {2013 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS: THEORIES AND APPLICATIONS (SITA)},
	year = {2013},
	note = {8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems - Theories and Applications (SITA), Ecole Mohammadia Ingenieurs, Rabat, MOROCCO, MAY 08-09, 2013},
	publisher = {IEEE; IEEE Morocco Sect; Univ Mohammed V Agdal},
	organization = {IEEE; IEEE Morocco Sect; Univ Mohammed V Agdal},
	abstract = {Ineffective communication practices are a recurrent issue for project virtual teams that solely communicate using social and collaborative platforms. Since that communication is critical in virtual structures, monitoring it closely is a key factor for the success of the project at hand. In previous works, we proposed a three-aspects (structural, intrinsic and functional) based framework that examines virtual teams through a network perspective using Social Network Analysis (SNA). We also suggested building an SNA system, which integrates some Business Intelligence concepts, for evaluating the structural aspect of project virtual teams, based on data collected from social collaborative platforms. As the system necessitates effective ways for data storage and rendering, we delve, in this paper, into more details of the BI component of the proposed system.},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-0299-6},
	author = {Ben Hiba, Lamia and Janati Idrissi, Mohammed Abdou}
}
@conference {Laghouaouta2013,
	title = {A traceability approach for model composition},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, AICCSA},
	year = {2013},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {Model composition is one of the important activities in model driven engineering, because complex systems are built based on several viewpoints. The composition operation is a tedious task, however, traceability not only provides us with the tool to comprehend its effects, but also helps us to better manage the operation itself. This paper suggests a traceability framework for the model composition operation based on aspect oriented modeling and graph transformation. The generated trace models conform to a generic metamodel that allows representing nested trace links. A merge specification case study is presented to illustrate our contribution. {\textcopyright} 2013 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/AICCSA.2013.6616448},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84887237893\&doi=10.1109\%2fAICCSA.2013.6616448\&partnerID=40\&md5=9494f946bc218d42398e67c721612d5f},
	author = {Laghouaouta, Y.a and Anwar, A.b and Nassar, M.a}
}
@conference { ISI:000341079600033,
	title = {A Traceability Approach for Model Composition},
	booktitle = {2013 ACS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS (AICCSA)},
	year = {2013},
	note = {IEEE and Arab-Computing-Society (ACS) International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA), Al Akhawayn Univ, Ifrane, MOROCCO, MAY 27-30, 2013},
	publisher = {IEEE; Arab Comp Soc},
	organization = {IEEE; Arab Comp Soc},
	abstract = {Model composition is one of the important activities in model driven engineering, because complex systems are built based on several viewpoints. The composition operation is a tedious task, however, traceability not only provides us with the tool to comprehend its effects, but also helps us to better manage the operation itself. This paper suggests a traceability framework for the model composition operation based on aspect oriented modeling and graph transformation. The generated trace models conform to a generic metamodel that allows representing nested trace links. A merge specification case study is presented to illustrate our contribution.},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-0792-2},
	author = {Laghouaouta, Youness and Anwar, Adil and Nassar, Mahmoud}
}
@conference { ISI:000326649800018,
	title = {Tracking multiple people in real time based on their trajectory},
	booktitle = {2013 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS: THEORIES AND APPLICATIONS (SITA)},
	year = {2013},
	note = {8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems - Theories and Applications (SITA), Ecole Mohammadia Ingenieurs, Rabat, MOROCCO, MAY 08-09, 2013},
	publisher = {IEEE; IEEE Morocco Sect; Univ Mohammed V Agdal},
	organization = {IEEE; IEEE Morocco Sect; Univ Mohammed V Agdal},
	abstract = {In this article, we present a new method which allows tracking multiple people in real-time in a closed environment from their trajectory. The trajectory of each person is determined by his/her position occupied at each time t in order to trace the trajectory in real time. This method has the advantage of keeping track of people based on the combination of the method of the analysis of connected components and the points of interest detected by the method of Harris {[}6]. The position of these points in relation to the connected components can make the correspondence between the tracked people and connected components detected by subtracting the background. Then, the trajectory traversed by each person is determined from tracking the position of the center of gravity of the points of interest of each person.},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-0299-6},
	author = {Boutaina, Hdioud and Raj, Oulad and Rachid, Thami and Tirari Mohammed, El Raj}
}
@conference {Boutaina2013,
	title = {Tracking multiple people in real time based on their trajectory},
	booktitle = {2013 8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems: Theories and Applications, SITA 2013},
	year = {2013},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {In this article, we present a new method which allows tracking multiple people in real-time in a closed environment from their trajectory. The trajectory of each person is determined by his/her position occupied at each time t in order to trace the trajectory in real time. This method has the advantage of keeping track of people based on the combination of the method of the analysis of connected components and the points of interest detected by the method of Harris [6]. The position of these points in relation to the connected components can make the correspondence between the tracked people and connected components detected by subtracting the background. Then, the trajectory traversed by each person is determined from tracking the position of the center of gravity of the points of interest of each person. {\textcopyright} 2013 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/SITA.2013.6560801},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84883056107\&doi=10.1109\%2fSITA.2013.6560801\&partnerID=40\&md5=13dab0da04760c12c97fabf6ab3d6bb3},
	author = {Boutaina, H. and Rachid, O.H.T. and Mohammed, E.H.T.}
}
@conference { ISI:000326649800036,
	title = {Tracking People Through Selected Blocks Using Correlation and Optimized Similarity Measure OSSD},
	booktitle = {2013 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS: THEORIES AND APPLICATIONS (SITA)},
	year = {2013},
	note = {8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems - Theories and Applications (SITA), Ecole Mohammadia Ingenieurs, Rabat, MOROCCO, MAY 08-09, 2013},
	publisher = {IEEE; IEEE Morocco Sect; Univ Mohammed V Agdal},
	organization = {IEEE; IEEE Morocco Sect; Univ Mohammed V Agdal},
	abstract = {This letter correspondence exposes results of a simple and appropriate technique for tracking a moving person in a stream captured and stored in a suitable memory. This method is based on research of similar block only in the next frame or on the range of frames in the video sequence in question. The proposed process of tracking people in a single view from one static camera starts like any video surveillance system with background subtraction. Then, a Minimal Boundary Rectangle is used to surround the moving people in each frame. A selected block of 8x8 sizes is used to calculate the values of their entire joint blocks component in the following frames of the used video sequence. Finally, we search the similarity measure: The minimal of the Optimized Sum of Squared Difference and the Fast Fourier Transform Correlation. The same blocks are correlated in the posterior frames corresponding to the minimum error.},
	isbn = {978-1-4799-0299-6},
	author = {Ezzahout, Abderrahmane and Thami, Rachid Oulad Haj and Hadi, Youssef}
}
@conference {Ezzahout2013,
	title = {Tracking people through selected blocks using correlation and optimized similarity measure OSSD},
	booktitle = {2013 8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems: Theories and Applications, SITA 2013},
	year = {2013},
	note = {cited By 0},
	abstract = {This letter correspondence exposes results of a simple and appropriate technique for tracking a moving person in a stream captured and stored in a suitable memory. This method is based on research of similar block only in the next frame or on the range of frames in the video sequence in question. The proposed process of tracking people in a single view from one static camera starts like any video surveillance system with background subtraction. Then, a Minimal Boundary Rectangle is used to surround the moving people in each frame. A selected block of 8{\texttimes}8 sizes is used to calculate the values of their entire joint blocks component in the following frames of the used video sequence. Finally, we search the similarity measure: The minimal of the Optimized Sum of Squared Difference and the Fast Fourier Transform Correlation. The same blocks are correlated in the posterior frames corresponding to the minimum error. {\textcopyright} 2013 IEEE.},
	doi = {10.1109/SITA.2013.6560819},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84883122358\&doi=10.1109\%2fSITA.2013.6560819\&partnerID=40\&md5=468ac280d95dbcf4a9a4d89921e21168},
	author = {Ezzahout, A. and Thami, R.O.H. and Hadi, Y.}
}
@article {8999328920120801,
	title = {Tendances des m{\'e}thodes de gestion des projets informatiques.},
	journal = {E-Ti: E-Review in Technologies Information},
	number = {6},
	year = {2012},
	pages = {2 - 16},
	abstract = {Traditional methods were introduced in order to face the ascending complexity of software development. Plan-oriented and generally heavy-weighted, these methods have been loosing advocates in favour of new methods called Agile. These methods present certain limitations when it comes to critical projects and big teams. To benefit from both methods{\textquoteright} strengths and to palliate their weaknesses, Hybrid methods appeared. This paper aims to present different traditional, agile and hybrid project management methods, provide a comparison between traditional and agile methods and discuss the problem of the choice of the method to adopt for a given project. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]},
	keywords = {Agile method, Agile software development, ASD, Boehm et Turner{\textquoteright}s model, CMMI, Computer software development, Computer systems, DSDM, gestion de projet, Hybrid computers (Computer architecture), Information resources management, Information technology projects, m{\'e}thodes Agile, mod{\`e}le de Boehm et Turner, mod{\`e}le de Sidky, Pmbok, Project managment, Scrum, Sidky{\textquoteright}s model, XP},
	issn = {11148802},
	url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true\&db=iih\&AN=89993289\&site=ehost-live},
	author = {Hiba, Lamia Ben and Janati Idrissi, Mohammed Abdou}
}
@conference {Benamar20123602,
	title = {Time to contact estimation on paracatadioptric cameras},
	booktitle = {Proceedings - International Conference on Pattern Recognition},
	year = {2012},
	note = {cited By 2},
	pages = {3602-3605},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84874558961\&partnerID=40\&md5=ed024edcf33e2e2b82c2adf2ecc505f3},
	author = {Benamar, F. and Demonceaux, C. and Fkihi, S.E. and Mouaddib, E. and Aboutajdine, D.}
}
@conference {Hamlili2012,
	title = {A topology-based approach to the predictive analysis of intelligent transportation systems dynamics},
	booktitle = {2012 5th International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security - Proceedings of NTMS 2012 Conference and Workshops},
	year = {2012},
	note = {cited By 0},
	doi = {10.1109/NTMS.2012.6208736},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84863958654\&doi=10.1109\%2fNTMS.2012.6208736\&partnerID=40\&md5=911c57b1f6379fef33a95a7a71a705a6},
	author = {Hamlili, A.}
}
@conference { ISI:000324984400020,
	title = {Towards a Fuzzy Mapping for Mediation Systems},
	booktitle = {PROCEEDINGS OF 2012 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPLEX SYSTEMS (ICCS12)},
	year = {2012},
	note = {1st International Conference on Complex Systems (ICCS), Agadir, MOROCCO, NOV 05-06, 2012},
	pages = {122-125},
	abstract = {Data integration involves combining data residing at different sources, and providing to the user a unified and global view of this data. The problem of designing data integration systems is important in current applications of real world, especially for mapping between attributes of global schema and those of local schemas of sources. The question is how to link the global schema and the set of local schemas of sources. In this paper, we focus on studying the mapping approaches, more precisely the Global As View GAV approach (GAV) for schemas mapping. Also, we present a new approach of mapping for mediation systems, based on fuzzy logic. This new approach enjoys the benefits and advantages of fuzzy sets theory.},
	isbn = {978-1-4673-4766-2},
	author = {El Yazidi, Moulay Hafid and Zellou, Ahmed and Idri, Ali},
	editor = {Essaaidi, M and Nemiche, M}
}
@conference {Yazidi2012,
	title = {Towards a fuzzy mapping for mediation systems},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of 2012 International Conference on Complex Systems, ICCS 2012},
	year = {2012},
	note = {cited By 0},
	doi = {10.1109/ICoCS.2012.6458573},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84874494252\&doi=10.1109\%2fICoCS.2012.6458573\&partnerID=40\&md5=f777377bdfd9a344347799d38e97941d},
	author = {Yazidi, M.H.E. and Zellou, A. and Idri, A.}
}
@conference {Rahimi2012943,
	title = {Towards a new design for trust reputation system},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of 2012 International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems, ICMCS 2012},
	year = {2012},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {943-948},
	doi = {10.1109/ICMCS.2012.6320285},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84869784869\&doi=10.1109\%2fICMCS.2012.6320285\&partnerID=40\&md5=fe02a8d96505fdaaba1b2e568460d8f7},
	author = {Rahimi, H. and El Bakkali, H.}
}
@conference { ISI:000310353000171,
	title = {Towards a New Design for Trust Reputation System},
	booktitle = {2012 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMEDIA COMPUTING AND SYSTEMS (ICMCS)},
	year = {2012},
	note = {International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems (ICMCS), Tangiers, MOROCCO, MAY 10-12, 2012},
	pages = {943-948},
	publisher = {Morocco Sect MTT/AP Joint Chapter},
	organization = {Morocco Sect MTT/AP Joint Chapter},
	abstract = {Trust is indispensible for any user of an e-service in order to make a decision before dealing with any transaction. That{\textquoteright}s the reason why, users and service providers need various and functional methods to build on-line trust reputation systems. This paper discusses the use of trust management and reputation systems in electronic transactions and particularly in e-commerce applications. It presents a survey of some existing trust reputation systems used in e-commerce applications. This survey proposes a new design for trust reputation systems (TRS) that focuses on the use of semantic feedbacks in order to calculate users{\textquoteright} recommendation weights and to classify them according to these weights. This paper highlights the importance of making the distinction between trustful feedbacks or ratings and distrustful ones. It proposes also some methods to follow and to put in practice in order to give the right weight to the right recommendations.},
	isbn = {978-1-4673-1520-3},
	author = {Rahimi, Hasnae and El Bakkali, Hanane},
	editor = {Essaaidi, M and Zaz, Y}
}
@conference { ISI:000310353000166,
	title = {TOWARDS A SESSION BASED OrBAC MODEL},
	booktitle = {2012 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMEDIA COMPUTING AND SYSTEMS (ICMCS)},
	year = {2012},
	note = {International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems (ICMCS), Tangiers, MOROCCO, MAY 10-12, 2012},
	pages = {918-923},
	publisher = {Morocco Sect MTT/AP Joint Chapter},
	organization = {Morocco Sect MTT/AP Joint Chapter},
	abstract = {A collabor ative system allow; a grou p of users to collaborate through a distr i buted platform in order to perform a c ommon task. These users may h av e conc urrent access to shared objec ts. In this contex t, access con trol becomes an important issue tha t must be addressed Access control models are des igned to pro tect shared information a nd resources, of any type and at different levels of granularity. In this work we present SOrBAC: an extension of OrBAC model, in order to provide a mechanism f or securing a dynamic collaborative Session. SOrBAC introduces a new level named Session level to the original OrBAC model. This session level introduces new entities to allow a dynamic access control during a collaborati ve session.},
	isbn = {978-1-4673-1520-3},
	author = {Madani, Mohamed Amine and Erradi, Mohammed},
	editor = {Essaaidi, M and Zaz, Y}
}
@conference {Khriss2012,
	title = {Towards change and verification support in collaborative business processes},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of 2012 International Conference on Complex Systems, ICCS 2012},
	year = {2012},
	note = {cited By 0},
	doi = {10.1109/ICoCS.2012.6458609},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84874477474\&doi=10.1109\%2fICoCS.2012.6458609\&partnerID=40\&md5=1a5d790aa35e802b38ff94d7d8259d28},
	author = {Khriss, I. and Koutbi, M.E. and Dkiouak, Y.}
}
@conference { ISI:000325229700068,
	title = {Towards Contract-Based Approach for Quality-Driven Service Component Architecture},
	booktitle = {2012 SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INNOVATIVE COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY (INTECH)},
	year = {2012},
	note = {2nd International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology (INTECH), Casablanca, MOROCCO, SEP 18-20, 2012},
	pages = {377-384},
	publisher = {IEEE UK \& RI Consumer Elect Chapter; IEEE Broadcast Technol Chapter; IEEE},
	organization = {IEEE UK \& RI Consumer Elect Chapter; IEEE Broadcast Technol Chapter; IEEE},
	abstract = {Service Component Architecture (SCA) is a recent approach and an industry standard for developing complex and distributed systems. Despite the growing research work it still lacks a formal basis for handling trust and reliability of quality-driven systems. In this paper we present main techniques and models for assuring quality and trustworthiness of component-based systems in general, and then we present and justify the choice of the design by contract approach that we adopted for the following of our research about SCA-based systems. Design by Contract is an approach of software design that aims to address reliability and quality issues in software development by expressing a set of its properties and constraints.},
	isbn = {978-1-4673-2679-7},
	author = {Rhanoui, Maryem and El Asri, Bouchra}
}
@conference {Rhanoui2012377,
	title = {Towards contract-based approach for quality-driven Service Component Architecture},
	booktitle = {2nd International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology, INTECH 2012},
	year = {2012},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {377-384},
	doi = {10.1109/INTECH.2012.6457754},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84874497855\&doi=10.1109\%2fINTECH.2012.6457754\&partnerID=40\&md5=b34258865186cc7e811056d11b5ead41},
	author = {Rhanoui, M. and Asri, B.E.}
}
@conference {Faqihi2012134,
	title = {Towards the implementation of semantic interoperability of information systems via technique of matching: Issue and prospective},
	booktitle = {2012 International Conference on Interactive Mobile and Computer Aided Learning, IMCL 2012},
	year = {2012},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {134-140},
	doi = {10.1109/IMCL.2012.6396464},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84873168694\&doi=10.1109\%2fIMCL.2012.6396464\&partnerID=40\&md5=fc312da1cafe93b0fe3d989cfbcc537c},
	author = {Faqihi, B. and Daoudi, N. and Ajhoun, R.}
}
@conference { ISI:000315346700024,
	title = {Towards the implementation of semantic interoperability of information systems via technique of matching: Issue and prospective},
	booktitle = {2012 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTERACTIVE MOBILE AND COMPUTER AIDED LEARNING (IMCL)},
	year = {2012},
	note = {International Conference on Interactive Mobile and Computer Aided Learning (IMCL), Princess Sumaya Univ Technol (PSUT), Amman, JORDAN, NOV 06-08, 2012},
	pages = {134-140},
	publisher = {IEEE; Carinthia Tech Inst; IAOE; IELA; IGIP; Online Journals},
	organization = {IEEE; Carinthia Tech Inst; IAOE; IELA; IGIP; Online Journals},
	abstract = {It is very important first to state that the emergence of the e-commerce and e-government or the electronic libraries perform a necessity to have an access to multiple resources of information. Otherwise, these sources are not necessarily homogenous, either on the syntactic or semantic standard. For the semantic component, the conflicts appear when the systems don{\textquoteright}t have the some interpretation of exchanged information. Let me give you example which I think bring out what I mean by this, the existing systems are completely heterogeneous, geographically remote and developed under different platforms in the field of E-learning yet, they need to collaborate, exchange, and re-use the data and services by keeping the same meaning. In other words, the user (learner) must have transparent way in all these resources and information in which he is in need although He belongs to other difference. Despite the fact that these resources and information{\textquoteright}s interpretations don{\textquoteright}t change on system to another, this issue is well-known by semantic interoperability in the research field of information. This concept in identified by the ability to interpret and use exchanged data not only the content but also in the meaning. {[}01] Many solutions can be suggested by relying on semantic web approach and basing on ontology. These are instances by which we can describe the structure, semantic content and system{\textquoteright}s objective. This detailed description permits the systems to understand the semantic of exchanged data, to facilitate their localization and to ensure their integration. {[}03] Our direction in this research aimed at finding on approach which responds to semantic issue in domain of learning at the moment the exchange of the information of each interpreted system. And analyze the shared content in its own ontology and treat it in coherent manner without losing its meaning. The major challenge of this approach is how to compare and identify the correspondence among concepts of different ontology systems. There are three major approaches; we can state them as follow: integrated approach, the federated approach and the unified approach. {[}03] Our article is intended to elaborate a comparative study between these approaches, to study the benefits and limits of each approach and perform hosed choice. This technique might permit to a good response to the problem of semantic interoperability.},
	isbn = {978-1-4673-4924-6},
	author = {Faqihi, B. and Daoudi, N. and Ajhoun, R.}
}
@article {Zbakh201115,
	title = {A tasks allocation algorithm for distributed systems},
	journal = {Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology},
	volume = {33},
	number = {1},
	year = {2011},
	note = {cited By 2},
	pages = {15-21},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-81455136743\&partnerID=40\&md5=0f511f4a564ca12a8b453b80d6074f6a},
	author = {Zbakh, M. and El Kettani, M.D.}
}
@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}
}
@conference {Chakir2011296,
	title = {Towards a modeling method for managing variability in SOA},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2011, IS 2011},
	year = {2011},
	note = {cited By 2},
	pages = {296-300},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84944077308\&partnerID=40\&md5=3985e7466b5f7b096ad1611dc605f794},
	author = {Chakir, B. and Fredj, M.}
}
@conference {Kedji2011414,
	title = {Towards a tool-supported approach for collaborative process modeling and enactment},
	booktitle = {Proceedings - Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference, APSEC},
	year = {2011},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {414-421},
	doi = {10.1109/APSEC.2011.54},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84856603255\&doi=10.1109\%2fAPSEC.2011.54\&partnerID=40\&md5=4e34de77b1aba838e25b7d14ae3ebd02},
	author = {Kedji, K.A. and That, M.T.T. and Coulette, B. and Lbath, R. and Tran, H.N. and Nassar, M.}
}
@article {En-Nasry201156,
	title = {Towards an open framework for mobile digital identity management through strong authentication methods},
	journal = {Communications in Computer and Information Science},
	volume = {187 CCIS},
	year = {2011},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {56-63},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-22365-5_8},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79960202116\&doi=10.1007\%2f978-3-642-22365-5_8\&partnerID=40\&md5=2a1d54bd46e051959cb768e04590638c},
	author = {En-Nasry, B. and Dafir Ech-Cherif El Kettani, M.}
}
@conference { ISI:000307083000008,
	title = {Towards an Open Framework for Mobile Digital Identity Management through Strong Authentication Methods},
	booktitle = {SECURE AND TRUST COMPUTING, DATA MANAGEMENT, AND APPLICATIONS},
	series = {Communications in Computer and Information Science},
	volume = {187},
	year = {2011},
	note = {International Workshop on Convergence Security in Pervasive Environments, (IWCS 2011)/International Workshop on Security on Security and Trust for Applications in Virtualized Environments, (STAVE 2011), Loutraki, GREECE, JUN 28-30, 2011},
	pages = {56-63},
	abstract = {Mobile computing becoming a widespread working tool, and a large scale deployed technology, it should be strong enough to meet basic security expectations. Privacy in a mobile environment should be driven by the choice of appropriate identity management mechanisms, that will have a large impact on different aspects of daily life. But people being unable to spend all their time administering their digital identities, the implementation of mobile identity management technologies has become a top priority for involved companies, in order to protect their customers against fraudsters. Today. identity management and strong authentication are converging, since provided solutions encompass user access, signing and verification of users and transactions, through strong authentication: Although, simply using strong authentication will not resolve all mobile digital identity requirements from a security viewpoint; our objective is to propose an extensible protocol based on an independent architectural model that provides a foundation for user-centric identity management.},
	isbn = {978-3-642-22364-8},
	issn = {1865-0929},
	author = {En-Nasry, Brahim and El Kettani, Mohamed Dafir Ech-Cherif},
	editor = {Lee, C and Seigneur, JM and Park, JJ and Wagner, RR}
}
@article {Ouertani2011546,
	title = {Traceability and management of dispersed product knowledge during design and manufacturing},
	journal = {CAD Computer Aided Design},
	volume = {43},
	number = {5},
	year = {2011},
	note = {cited By 28},
	pages = {546-562},
	doi = {10.1016/j.cad.2010.03.006},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79953746928\&doi=10.1016\%2fj.cad.2010.03.006\&partnerID=40\&md5=90f98063e9359cba6bbf629c25a6ff40},
	author = {Ouertani, M.Z. and Baina, S. and Gzara, L. and Morel, G.}
}
@article { ISI:000290083400007,
	title = {Traceability and management of dispersed product knowledge during design and manufacturing},
	journal = {COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN},
	volume = {43},
	number = {5, SI},
	year = {2011},
	month = {MAY},
	pages = {546-562},
	abstract = {Product development processes comprise highly creative and knowledge-intensive tasks that involve extensive information exchange and communication among geographically distributed teams. Due to the geographical and institutional separation between the different systems involved in the product lifecycle, product knowledge sharing is becoming a key issue in the information systems of extended enterprises. This paper addresses the issue and challenges of product knowledge traceability during the product development. The aim of this research effort is to enhance the sharing and use of product knowledge acquired during the development process using traceability information. A standardized approach is proposed to trace and share product knowledge and key constructs to support traceability during the product development process are identified and formalized. This research effort is based on the premise that an important step towards achieving product knowledge sharing is providing traceability across various product knowledge elements that are used in product development phases, i.e. design and manufacturing. Two disjointed but complementary case studies illustrating the benefit of traceability are presented. The potential role of traceability is described, first to support the decision making process during engineering change management (ECM), and second to support product-oriented modelling for knowledge sharing and exchanging to meet the quality requirements. The proposed approach has been implemented using the MEGA Suite tool and applied to each of the case studies and could be integrated to PLM systems currently in use. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
	issn = {0010-4485},
	doi = {10.1016/j.cad.2010.03.006},
	author = {Ouertani, M. Z. and Baina, S. and Gzara, L. and Morel, G.}
}
@article {Zbakh2010110,
	title = {Tasks allocation problem as a non - cooperative game},
	journal = {Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology},
	volume = {16},
	number = {2},
	year = {2010},
	note = {cited By 4},
	pages = {110-115},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-78650273415\&partnerID=40\&md5=51d3ad81f886ee25480506eb5dbe999c},
	author = {Zbakh, M. and Hajji, S.E.}
}
@article {Reyne200854,
	title = {Thoughts on automotive construction: Opportunities for thermoplastic composities},
	journal = {JEC Composites Magazine},
	volume = {45},
	number = {45},
	year = {2008},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {54-55},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-56549123476\&partnerID=40\&md5=c713c1f7fd24dfe471b97d9236225ea3},
	author = {Reyne, M.}
}
@conference {Toure2008442,
	title = {Toward a hybrid algorithm for workflow graph structural verification},
	booktitle = {ICEIS 2008 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems},
	volume = {2 ISAS},
	year = {2008},
	note = {cited By 0},
	pages = {442-447},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-55849090723\&partnerID=40\&md5=82602d0e2d1c9215fcffa333664737d1},
	author = {Tour{\'e}, F. and Baina, K. and Gaaloul, W.}
}
@conference { ISI:000259605900068,
	title = {TOWARD A HYBRID ALGORITHM FOR WORKFLOW GRAPH STRUCTURAL VERIFICATION},
	booktitle = {ICEIS 2008: PROCEEDINGS OF THE TENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, VOL ISAS-2: INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND SPECIFICATION, VOL 2},
	year = {2008},
	note = {10th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Barcelona, SPAIN, JUN 12-16, 2008},
	pages = {442-447},
	publisher = {Inst Syst \& Technol Informat, Control \& Commun; Workflow Management Coalit; Assoc Adv Artificial Intelligence},
	organization = {Inst Syst \& Technol Informat, Control \& Commun; Workflow Management Coalit; Assoc Adv Artificial Intelligence},
	abstract = {Appropriate definition, analysis, checking and improvement of business process models are indispensable before their deployment within workflow management systems. In this paper, we focus on business process model verification that insures business process structural correctness. Our proposal consist in a new hybrid algorithm of workflow graph structural validation combining graph reduction and traversal mechanisms. Our algorithm will be discussed and compared to existing workflow structural checking approaches.},
	author = {Toure, Fode and Baina, Karim and Gaaloul, Walid},
	editor = {Cordeiro, J and Filipe, J}
}
@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.}
}
@conference { ISI:000250559700098,
	title = {Towards managing variability across business component development},
	booktitle = {IRI 2007: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2007 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION REUSE AND INTEGRATION},
	year = {2007},
	note = {IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IRI-2007), Las Vegas, NV, AUG 13-15, 2007},
	pages = {594+},
	publisher = {IEEE; SMC Soc},
	organization = {IEEE; SMC Soc},
	abstract = {Reusing components, which are specifically set up to suit enterprises requirements, becomes a key element of their software engineering strategy. Consequently, the ability of reusable components to be varied and appropriate to different re-users requirements is a key property in reusable component development. From this need, the concept of variability has emerged. It is defined as the ability of a software artefact to be changed or customized to be used in multiple contexts. The objective of our research is to outline variability issues through reusable component development, and in particular, in the requirements phase of a Business Component (BC) development. The main ideas of this research are (a) to address variability issues through the requirements phase of a BC development and (b) to propose a metamodel to describe variability concepts that must be classified and designed to manage this variability.},
	isbn = {978-1-4244-1499-4},
	doi = {10.1109/IRI.2007.4296685},
	author = {Saidil, Rajaa and Fredj, Mounia and Mouline, Salma and Front, Agnes and Rieu, Dominique},
	editor = {Chang, W and Joshi, JBD}
}
@conference { ISI:000231849800003,
	title = {Towards mining structural workflow patterns},
	booktitle = {DATABASE AND EXPERT SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS, PROCEEDINGS},
	series = {LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE},
	volume = {3588},
	year = {2005},
	note = {16th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications, Copenhagen Business Sch, Copenhagen, DENMARK, AUG 22-26, 2005},
	pages = {24-33},
	publisher = {Danish Minist Sci, Technol \& Innov; DEXA Assoc; Austrian Comp Soc; Res Inst Appl Knowledge Proc; FAW Software Engn GmbH},
	organization = {Danish Minist Sci, Technol \& Innov; DEXA Assoc; Austrian Comp Soc; Res Inst Appl Knowledge Proc; FAW Software Engn GmbH},
	abstract = {Collaborative information systems are becoming more and more complex, involving numerous interacting business objects within considerable processes. Analysing the interaction structure of those complex systems will enable them to be well understood and controlled. The work described in this paper is a contribution to these problems for workflow based process applications. In fact, we discover workflow patterns from traces of workflow events based on a workflow mining technique. Workflow mining proposes techniques to acquire a workflow model from a workflow log. Mining of workflow patterns is done by a statistical analysis of log-based event. Our approach is characterised by a {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}local{{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright}} workflow patterns discovery that allows to cover partial results and a dynamic technique dealing with concurrency.},
	isbn = {3-540-28566-0},
	issn = {0302-9743},
	author = {Gaaloul, W and Baina, K and Godart, C},
	editor = {Andersen, KV and Debenham, J and Wagner, R}
}
@conference { ISI:000187617100054,
	title = {Toward a generation of code multi-target for the VBOOM method},
	booktitle = {SERP{\textquoteright}03: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, VOLS 1 AND 2},
	year = {2003},
	note = {International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice, LAS VEGAS, NV, JUN 23-26, 2003},
	pages = {345-350},
	publisher = {Comp Sci Res, Educ \& Applicat Press; Int Technol Inst; Korean Soc Internet Informat; World Acad Sci Informat Technol},
	organization = {Comp Sci Res, Educ \& Applicat Press; Int Technol Inst; Korean Soc Internet Informat; World Acad Sci Informat Technol},
	abstract = {VBOOM method (View Based Object Oriented Method) developed by our team, is a method of analysis and conception by object points of views, specific to the complex system modeling with rights of access. However, it only generates the code VBOOL source (View Based Object Oriented Langage) language targets this last and extension of the Eiffel language. To this subject, one will expose in the present article a new approach to the UML norm (Unified Modeling Language) to generate code multi-target through this method. The approach thus the adopted consist of translation by a mechanism of conversion based on concepts of the UML notation: the flexible class and the visibility{\textquoteright}s relation. These two essential notions, non-existent in the UML and based of the final model of VBOOM, will be able produced by an implementation{\textquoteright}s solution targeting several languages oriented objects as JAVA, C++, etc.},
	isbn = {1-932415-21-1},
	author = {Sbihi, B and Abdelaziz, K and Ahmed, E and Coulette, B},
	editor = {AlAni, B and Arabnia, HR and Mun, Y}
}
@conference { ISI:000086483900037,
	title = {Towards an adaptation of the COCOMO cost model to the software measurement theory},
	booktitle = {SOFTWARE ENGINEERING - ESEC/FSE {\textquoteleft}97},
	series = {LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE},
	volume = {1301},
	year = {1997},
	note = {Joint Meeting of the 6th European Software Engineering Conference / 5th ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE 97), ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, SEP 22-25, 1997},
	pages = {525-526},
	publisher = {ESEC; ACM SIGSOFT; Fdn Software Engn},
	organization = {ESEC; ACM SIGSOFT; Fdn Software Engn},
	isbn = {3-540-63531-9},
	issn = {0302-9743},
	author = {Idri, A and Griech, B and El Iraki, A},
	editor = {Jazayeri, M and Schauer, H}
}
