OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Software and Systems Modeling is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
An investigation of the relationship between joint visual attention and product quality in collaborative business process modeling: a dual eye-tracking study	77
Adaptive caching for operation-based versioning of models	76
Conflict management techniques for model merging: a systematic mapping review	41
IAT/ML: a metamodel and modelling approach for discourse analysis	29
Runtime translation of OCL-like statements on Simulink models: Expanding domains and optimising queries	26
Predictions-on-chip: model-based training and automated deployment of machine learning models at runtime	23
The wild-west of modeling (Revisited)	23
Interactive log-delta analysis using multi-range filtering	22
Suggesting model transformation repairs for rule-based languages using a contract-based testing approach	22
Efficient model similarity estimation with robust hashing	21
Flexmi: a generic and modular textual syntax for domain-specific modelling	20
Understanding the need for assistance in software modeling: interviews with experts	19
Generating repairs for inconsistent models	19
Editorial to theme section on modeling in low-code development platforms	18
Mutation testing for temporal alloy models (extended version)	16
Supporting method engineering with a low-code approach: the LOMET tool	16
A manifesto for applicable formal methods	16
Fairness, assumptions, and guarantees for extended bounded response LTL+P synthesis	16
Modeling and enforcing access control policies in conversational user interfaces	16
Efficient regression testing of distributed real-time reactive systems in the context of model-driven development	15
Execution trace analysis for a precise understanding of latency violations	15
On applying residual reasoning within neural network verification	14
Practitioners’ experiences with model-driven engineering: a meta-review	14
Formalizing the four-layer metamodeling stack with MetaMorph: potential and benefits	14
Early timing analysis based on scenario requirements and platform models	14

Guest editorial to the special section on PoEM’2022	14
OSTRICH: a rich template language for low-code development (extended version)	13
Automated generation of consistent, diverse and structurally realistic graph models	13
Modeling more software performance antipatterns in cyber-physical systems	13
Spectra: a specification language for reactive systems	13
Discovering architecture-aware and sound process models of multi-agent systems: a compositional approach	12
SymboleoPC: checking properties of legal contracts	12
GoRIM: a model-driven method for enhancing regulatory intelligence	12
The uncertainty interaction problem in self-adaptive systems	11
Accelerating similarity-based model matching using dual hashing	11
An ontology-based approach to engineering ethicality requirements	11
Redescription mining-based business process deviance analysis	11
Improving repair of semantic ATL errors using a social diversity metric	10
Completion of SysML state machines from Given–When–Then requirements	10
On the application of process management and process mining to Industry 4.0	10
What makes life for process mining analysts difficult? A reflection of challenges	10
Modeling and reasoning about uncertainty in goal models: a decision-theoretic approach	9
CaRE: a refinement calculus for requirements engineering based on argumentation theory	9
The sustainability assessment framework toolkit: a decade of modeling experience	9
Modelling on mobile devices	9
Automated generation of consistent models using qualitative abstractions and exploration strategies	9
Towards a model-driven approach for multiexperience AI-based user interfaces	9
Model-based ideal testing of hardware description language (HDL) programs	9
MORGAN: a modeling recommender system based on graph kernel	8
Location-aware business process modeling and execution	8
Repository mining for changes in Simulink and Stateflow models	8
Participatory modeling from a stakeholder perspective: On the influence of collaboration and revisions on psychological ownership and perceived model quality	8
Scientific workflow execution in the cloud using a dynamic runtime model	8
Reusing model validation methods for the continuous validation of digital twins of cyber-physical systems	8
Exchanging information in cooperative software validation	7
Automated testing of metamodels and code co-evolution	7
Conceptual modelling of temporality and subjectivity as cross-cutting concerns	7
From single-objective to multi-objective reinforcement learning-based model transformation	7
Using reactive links to propagate changes across engineering models	7
Safety behavior abstraction and model evolution in autonomous driving	7
Evaluating the accessibility of a PoN-enabled misuse case notation by the red–green colorblind community	7
Correction: iDOCEM	7
iDOCEM: defining a common terminology for object-centric event logging and data-centric process modelling	7
Using DSLs to manage consistency in long-lived enterprise language specifications	7
Enhancing remaining time prediction in business processes by considering system-level and resource-level inter-case features	6
Models: the fourth dimension of computer science	6
Guest editorial to the special section on PoEM’2021	6
Model-based test case generation and prioritization: a systematic literature review	6
CalcGraph: taming the high costs of deep learning using models	6
Characteristics, potentials, and limitations of open-source Simulink projects for empirical research	6
Multi-paradigm modelling for cyber–physical systems: a descriptive framework	6
Editorial for FACS 2021 special section (SoSyM)	6
The complexities of the satisfiability checking problems of feature diagram sublanguages	6
PARMOREL: a framework for customizable model repair	6
Integration of clinical and genomic data to enhance precision medicine: a case of study applied to the retina-macula	6

Bridging the model-to-code abstraction gap with fuzzy logic in model-based regression test selection	5
A theme section on the central role of modeling in designing and explaining data-driven systems and software	5
Reflection on the differences between modeling and programming	5
aCHAT-WF: Generating conversational agents for teaching business process models	5
Bootstrapping MDE development from ROS manual code: Part 2—Model generation and leveraging models at runtime	5
Visual notations in container orchestrations: an empirical study with Docker Compose	5
Model-based code generation works: But how far does it go?—on the role of the generator	5
Multi-level modeling: cornerstones of a rationale	5
Cost-sensitive precomputation of real-time-aware reconfiguration strategies based on stochastic priced timed games	5
Large language models as an “operating” system for software and systems modeling	5
Guest editorial to the special section on PoEM’2020	5
Unified verification and monitoring of executable UML specifications	5
Code generation for classical-quantum software systems modeled in UML	5
Are models better read on paper or on screen? A comparative study	5
Fabricatable axis: an approach for modelling customized fabrication machines	5
Automaton-based comparison of Declare process models	5
Reasoning over time into models with DataTime	5
Formal reconfiguration model for cloud resources	4
Measurement and classification of inter-actor dependencies in goal models	4
Consistency management in industrial continuous model-based development settings: a reality check	4
Human factors in model-driven engineering: future research goals and initiatives for MDE	4
Ontology-based security modeling in ArchiMate	4
Incremental execution of temporal graph queries over runtime models with history and its applications	4
Verifying consistency of software product line architectures with product architectures	4
Handling nonconforming individuals in search-based model-driven engineering: nine generic strategies for feature location in the modeling space of the meta-object facility	4
Design of blockchain-based applications using model-driven engineering and low-code/no-code platforms: a structured literature review	4
A reference architecture for the development of GLSP-based web modeling tools	4
Model modularity for reuse, libraries and composition: symbol management is key	4
Case model landscapes: toward an improved representation of knowledge-intensive processes using the fCM-language	4
How are informal diagrams used in software engineering? An exploratory study of open-source and industrial practices	4
A formal component model for UML based on CSP aiming at compositional verification	4
Bridging MDE and AI: a systematic review of domain-specific languages and model-driven practices in AI software systems engineering	4
A technique for evaluating and improving the semantic transparency of modeling language notations	4
Improving active participation during enterprise operations modeling with an extended story-card-method and participative modeling software	4
Integrating the analysis of multiple non-functional properties in model-driven engineering	4
EMF-Syncer: scalable maintenance of view models over heterogeneous data-centric software systems at run time	4
Analysing factors impacting BPMS performance: a case of a challenged technology adoption	4
DEPS: a model- and property-based language for system synthesis problems	4
An ontological metamodel for cyber-physical system safety, security, and resilience coengineering	4
Unleashing textual descriptions of business processes	4
Empirical analysis of the tool support for software product lines	4
Automated, interactive, and traceable domain modelling empowered by artificial intelligence	4
MoDALAS: addressing assurance for learning-enabled autonomous systems in the face of uncertainty	4
Probabilistic modelling and verification using RoboChart and PRISM	4