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Organizations are actively seeking efficient solutions for the management and protection of their assets. However, Cybersecurity is a vast and complex domain, especially for large enterprises because it requires an interdisciplinary approach. Knowledge Graphs are one of the mechanisms that organizations use to explore security among assets and possible attacks. The grounding of concepts is fundamental to implementing Knowledge Graphs, and it is one of the most relevant ontology applications. Therefore, Cybersecurity Ontologies have emerged as an important research subject. The first contribution of this paper is a search for previously existing works that have defined Cybersecurity Ontologies. We found twenty-eight ontologies in this search. Based on this result, we propose a Cybersecurity Terminological Validation and a Framework for Classifying Ontologies. Then, we provide a cross-analysis of these two proposals and present a proposal of best practices for improving the ontological approach in the cybersecurity domain. We also discuss the impact of this proposal with regard to the Ontology Engineering process. Our goal is to provide a solution that meets the organization's needs in terms of Cybersecurity and to contribute to Ontology Engineering research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The engineering of mechatronic production systems is complex and requires various disciplines (e.g., systems, mechanical, electrical and software engineers). Model-driven engineering (MDE) supports systems development and the exchange of information based on models and transformations. However, the integration and adoption of different modeling approaches are becoming challenges when it comes to cross-disciplinary work. VIATRA is a long-living enduring and mature modeling framework that offers rich model transformation features to develop MDE applications. This study investigates the extent to which VIATRA can be applied in the engineering of mechatronic production systems. For this purpose, two model transformation case studies are presented: "SysML – AutomationML" and "SysML4Mechatronics – AutomationML." Both case studies are representative of structural modeling and interdisciplinary data exchange during the development of mechatronic production systems. These case studies are derived from other researchers in the community. A VIATRA software prototype implements these case studies as a batch-oriented transformation and serves as one basis for evaluating VIATRA. To report on our observations and findings, we built on an evaluation framework from the MDE community. This framework considers 14 different characteristics (e.g., maturity, size, execution time, modularity, learnability), according to the Goal-Question-Metric paradigm. To be able to evaluate our findings, we compared VIATRA to ATL. We applied all cases to a lab-size mechatronic production system. We found that, with VIATRA, the same functions for model transformation applications can be achieved as with ATL, which is popular for model transformations in both the MDE and the mechatronic production systems community. VIATRA combines the relational, imperative, and graph-based paradigms and enables the development and execution of model-to-model (M2M) and model-to-text (M2T) transformations. Furthermore, the VIATRA internal DSL is based on Xtend and Java, making VIATRA attractive and intuitive for users with less experience in modeling than in object-oriented programming. Thus, VIATRA leads to an interesting alternative for the model-driven engineering of mechatronic production systems. It has the potential to reduce the complexity during the development of model transformations. To conclude, this paper evaluates the applicability of VIATRA, its strengths and limitations. It provides lessons learned and insights that can stimulate further research in the MDE for mechatronic production systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Case Management Model and Notation (CMMN) was introduced by the Object Management Group as an alternative modeling language, targeting human-centric processes characterized by lack of structure and agility. However, although it is adequately supported by well-known process management tools, CMMN applicability as a modeling language is being questioned in practice. In this work, an empirical evaluation of CMMN models is presented, through a real-world case study where CMMN has been used for the analysis and implementation of a collaborative process by independent groups of process engineers. Their experience is being discussed, based on their modeling perspective. The produced models in the analysis and implementation phase are evaluated, using pre-existing metrics customized for CMMN. Based on the experience of engineers, CMMN applicability is evaluated, highlighting aspects in which its application might be limited, that should be addressed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In model-based engineering of embedded systems, manual validation activities such as reviews and inspections are needed to ensure that the system under development satisfies the stakeholder intentions. During the engineering process, changes in the stakeholder intentions typically trigger revisions of already developed and documented engineering artifacts including requirements and design specifications. In practice, changes in stakeholder intentions are often not immediately perceived and not properly documented. Moreover, they are quite often not consistently incorporated into all relevant engineering artifacts. In industry, typically manual reviews are executed to ensure that the relevant stakeholder intentions are adequately considered in the engineering artifacts. In this article, we introduce a dedicated review model to aid the reviewer in conducting manual reviews of behavioral requirements and functional design specification—two core artifacts in function-centered engineering of embedded software. To investigate whether the proposed solution is beneficial we conducted controlled experiments showing that the use of the dedicated review model can significantly increase the effectiveness and efficiency of manual reviews. Additionally, the use of the dedicated review model leads to significantly more confident decisions of the reviewers and is perceived by the reviewers as significantly more supportive compared with reviews without the dedicated review model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The correctness of model transformations is a crucial element for model-driven engineering of high-quality software. In particular, behavior preservation is an important correctness property avoiding the introduction of semantic errors during the model-driven engineering process. Behavior preservation verification techniques show some kind of behavioral equivalence or refinement between source and target model of the transformation. Automatic tool support is available for verifying behavior preservation at the instance level, i.e., for a given source and target model specified by the model transformation. However, until now there is no sound and automatic verification approach available at the transformation level, i.e., for all source and target models. In this article, we extend our results presented in earlier work (Giese and Lambers, in: Ehrig et al (eds) Graph transformations, Springer, Berlin, 2012) and outline a new transformation-level approach for the sound and automatic verification of behavior preservation captured by bisimulation resp. simulation for outplace model transformations specified by triple graph grammars and semantic definitions given by graph transformation rules. In particular, we first show how behavior preservation can be modeled in a symbolic manner at the transformation level and then describe that transformation-level verification of behavior preservation can be reduced to invariant checking of suitable conditions for graph transformations. We demonstrate that the resulting checking problem can be addressed by our own invariant checker for an example of a transformation between sequence charts and communicating automata. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This theme section aims to disseminate the latest research results in the area of Multi-Paradigm Modeling for Cyber-Physical Systems (MPM4CPS). MPM has a long tradition within the Model-Driven Engineering community, e.g., several workshops have been held at the MODELS conference for over more than a decade. The MPM4CPS workshop series is a continuation of the successful MPM workshop series with a stronger focus on CPS as especially these systems pose several new challenges on the engineering process and beyond. This theme section covers papers on the foundations and applications of MPM for CPS. In total, we accepted five submissions for publication in the theme section after a thorough peer-reviewing process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]