Fernando J. Barros

Publications

Journal Papers

F.J. Barros. “Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Toplogy Models: An Overview of Applications.” Modeling and Simulation Magazine, No.2, pp.103-111, 2011.

F.J. Barros. “Modeling and Simulation of Parallel Adaptive Divide-and-Conquer Algorithms.” The Journal of Supercomputing, Vol. 81, No.5, pp. 381-393, 2008.

F.J. Barros. “A Formal Representation of Hybrid Mobile Components.” SIMULATION: Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Vol. 1, No.43, pp-241-255, 2008.

F.J. Barros. “Dynamic Structure Multi-Paradigm Modeling and Simulation,” ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 259-275, 2003.

F.J. Barros. “Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Structure Heterogeneous Flow Systems.” SIMULATION: Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Vol. 78, No. 1, 18-27, 2002.

F.J. Barros. “Towards a Theory of Continuous Flow Models,” International Journal of General Systems, Vol. 31, No. 1, 29-39, 2002.

M.J. Vasconcelos, A. Goncalves, F.X. Catry, J. Uva and F.J. Barros. “A Working Prototype of a Temporal Geographic Information System.” International Journal of Geographical Information Science, Vol. 16, No. 1, 69-91, 2002.

F.J. Barros. “Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Structure Heterogeneous Flow Systems.” SIMULATION: Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Vol. 78, No. 1, 18-27, 2002.

F.J. Barros. Hierarchical Testing of Dynamic Structure Models: A Practical Approach. Transactions of the Society for Computer Simulation, Vol. 15, No. 4, 181-189, 1999.

F.J. Barros. Modeling Formalisms for Dynamic Structure Systems. ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, Vol. 7, No. 4, 501-515, 1997.

F.J. Barros and B. P. Zeigler. Adaptive Queueing: A Study Using Dynamic Structure DEVS. International Transactions in Operational Research, Vol. 4, No. 2, 87-98, 1997.

F.J. Barros and M. T. Mendes. Fire Modeling in the DELTA Simulation Environment. Simulation Practice and Theory, Vol. 5, 185-197, 1997.

F.J. Barros. Dynamic Structure Discrete Event System Specification Formalism. Transactions of the Society for Computer Simulation, Vol. 13, No. 1, 35-46, 1996.

Book Chapters

F.J. Barros. “A Formal Definition of Dynamic Structure Discrete-Flow Components.” In G.A. Wainer e P.J. Mosterman (Eds.), Discrete-Event Modeling and Simulation: Theory and Applications, CRC Press, 55-73, 2011.

F.J. Barros. Representation of Dynamic Structure Discrete Event Models: A Systems Theory Approach. In Discrete Event Modeling and Simulation: Enabling Future Technologies, Springer Verlag, 167-184, 2000.

F.J. Barros and B. P. Zeigler. An Introduction to Discrete Event Modeling Formalisms. In Advances in Computing Science, Springer Verlag, 1998.

Long Publications

F.J. Barros. Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Structure Discrete Event Systems: A Systems Theory Approach. PhD Dissertation, University of Coimbra, Department of Informatics Engineering, 1996.

Conference Proceedings

F.J. Barros. “Modeling and Simulation of Mobile Phones using Dynamic Topologies.” Symposium on Theory of Modeling & Simulation - Spring Simulation Multiconference, (Orlando, USA, March), 2012.
F.J. Barros. “Beyond Design Patterns: Improving Software Design with Pluggable Units”, 6th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies, (Sevilla, Spain, July), 123-128, 2011.
F.J. Barros. “On the Representation of Spatially Moving Entities using Time-Variant Topologies.” Summer Computer Simulation Conference, (The Hague, Netherlands, June), 40-47, 2011. (Best Paper Award.)
F.J. Barros. “Achieving Reuse with Pluggable Software Units.” International Conference on Software Reuse, (Pohang, South Korea, June), 183-191, 2011.
F.J. Barros. “Increasing Software Quality through Design Reuse.” Seventh International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology, 236-241, 2010.

F.J. Barros. "An Evolving Hierarchical & Modular Approach to Resilient Software", Workshop on Software Engineering for Resilient Systems (SERENE), Newcastle, November 2008.

F.J. Barros. "Semantics of Dynamic Structure Event-based Systems", Distributed Event-Based Systems, Rome, July 2008.

F.J. Barros. "Representing Hierarchical Mobility in Software Architectures." 29th International Conference on Software Engineering/Workshop on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA, May 25-26, 2007.

F.J. Barros. "A System Theory Approach to the Representation of Mobile Digital Controllers Agents." In Innovative Concepts for Autonomic and Agent-Based Systems Second International Workshop on Radical Agent Concepts, WRAC 2005, Greenbelt, MD, USA, September 20-22, 2005, M.G., Rago, P., Rash, J.L., Rouff, C.A., Sterritt, R., Truszkowski, W. (Eds.), LNAI, Springer, Vol. 3825, 2006.

F.J. Barros. “Representing Dynamic Structure Hybrid Models in CAOSTALK,” IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Aided Control Systems Design, (Munich 4-6 October), 2006. (CD-ROM Edition).

F.J. Barros. "Representing Synchronous Variable Step Size Integration Algorithms in the HFSS Formalism." Conceptual Modeling and Simulation Conference, (Marseille, France), 2005.

F.J. Barros. “Requirements for Modeling and Simulation of Self-Adaptive Systems: A Hierarchical and Modular Approach.” 3rd International Workshop on Self-Adaptive and Autonomic Computing Systems, (Copenhagen, Denmark), pp. 186-190, 2005.

F.J. Barros. “Event Ordering in Discrete Flow Models.” 17th IMACS World Congress: Scientific Computation, Applied Mathematics and Simulation, (Paris, France), 2005. (CDROM edition)

F.J. Barros. “Simulating the Data Generated by a Network of Track-While-Scan Radars.” 12th Annual IEEE International Conference on Engineering Computer- Based Systems, (Washington DC), pp. 373-377, 2005.

F.J. Barros. “Describing the HLA using the DFSS Formalism.” Artificial Intelligence and Simulation: 13th International Conference on AI, Simulation and Planning in High Autonomy Systems (AIS2004), (Jeju, South Korea), LNAI, Volume 3397, pp. 117-127, Springer, 2005.

F.J. Barros. "Modeling and Simulation of Digital Controllers for Hybrid Dynamic Structure Systems," Proceedings of the Conceptual Modeling and Simulation Conference, (Genoa, Italy), 2004.

F.J. Barros. “Fusion of Radar Data: A Modeling and Simulation Approach.” International Conference on Radar Systems, (Toulouse, France), 2004.

F.J. Barros. A Framework for Representing Numerical Multirate Integration Methods. Proceedings of the 2000 AI, Simulation and Planning in High Autonomy Systems, (Tucson, AZ), 149-154, 2000.

M.J. Vasconcelos, A. Goncalves and F.J. Barros. Dynamic Maps: A Prototype of a Temporal Geographical Information System. Proceedings of the 2000 AI, Simulation and Planning in High Autonomy Systems, (Tucson, AZ), CD-ROM Edition, 2000.

F.J. Barros. Abstract Simulators for the DSDE Formalism. Winter Simulation Conference, 407-412, Washington DC, 1998.

F. J. Barros, B. P. Zeigler and P. A. Fishwick. Multimodels and Dynamic Structure Models: An Integration of DSDE/DEVS and OOPM. Winter Simulation Conference, (Washington DC), 413-419, 1998.

F. J. Barros G. L. Ball. and Fire Modeling using Dynamic Structure Cellular Automata. Proceedings of the III International Conference on Forest Fire Research, (Luso, Portugal), 879-888, 1998. 

F.J. Barros. Handling Simultaneous Events in Dynamic Structure Models. SPIE Proceedings: Enabling Methodologies for Simulation , (Orlando, FL), Vol. 3369, 355-363, 1998.

F.J. Barros. Dynamic Structure Discrete Event Systems: A Comparison of Methodologies and Environments. SPIE Proceedings: Enabling Methodologies for Simulation, (Orlando, FL), Vol. 3083, 268-277, 1997.

F.J. Barros. Dynamic Structure Modeling and Simulation of the Eratosthenes Sieve for Prime Numbers. Proceedings of the 30th Annual Simulation Symposium, (Altanta, GA), 184-189, IEEE Press, 1997.

F.J. Barros. Dynamic Structure Discrete Event System Specification: Structural Inheritance in the DELTA Environment. Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Conference on AI, Simulation and Planning in High Autonomy Systems, (La Jolla, CA), 141-147, 1996.

F.J. Barros. Dynamic Structure Discrete Event System Specification: A New Formalism for Dynamic Structure Modeling and Simulation. Proceedings of the 1995 Winter Simulation Conference, (Arlington, VA), 781-785, 1995.

Others

F.J. Barros. DSDE: A Formalism for Representing Mobile Components. Dagsthul Seminar on Agent Oriented Approaches in Distributed Modeling and Simulation, p. 9, 1999.

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