@conference {benchflow:2016:closer,
	title = {A Container-centric Methodology for Benchmarking Workflow Management Systems},
	booktitle = {6th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Service Science (CLOSER 2016)},
	year = {2016},
	month = {April},
	pages = {74-84},
	publisher = {SciTePress},
	organization = {SciTePress},
	address = {Rome, Italy},
	abstract = {Trusted benchmarks should provide reproducible results obtained following a transparent and well-defined process. In this paper, we show how Containers, originally developed to ease the automated deployment of Cloud application components, can be used in the context of a benchmarking methodology. The proposed methodology focuses on Workflow Management Systems (WfMSs), a critical service orchestration middleware, which can be characterized by its architectural complexity, for which Docker Containers offer a highly suitable approach. The contributions of our work are: 1) a new benchmarking approach taking full advantage of containerization technologies; and 2) the formalization of the interaction process with the WfMS vendors described clearly in a written agreement. Thus, we take advantage of emerging Cloud technologies to address technical challenges, ensuring the performance measurements can be trusted. We also make the benchmarking process transparent, automated, and repeatable so that WfMS vendors can join the benchmarking effort.},
	keywords = {BenchFlow, benchmarking, Docker},
	doi = {10.5220/0005908400740084},
	author = {Vincenzo Ferme and Ana Ivanchikj and Cesare Pautasso and Marigianna Skouradaki and Frank Leymann}
}
@conference {rest:2015:wicsa,
	title = {A conversation based approach for modeling REST APIs},
	booktitle = {12th Working IEEE / IFIP Conference on Software Architecture (WICSA 2015)},
	year = {2015},
	month = {May},
	address = {Montreal, Canada},
	abstract = {Conversations are a well-known concept in service design to describe complex interactions between a client and one or multiple services. The REST architectural style constrains the characteristics of clients, servers and their interactions in REST architectures which consequently has an impact on conversations in such systems. The relation between conversations and REST architectures and how such RESTful conversations can be characterized has not been studied in detail yet. In this paper we discuss the characteristics of conversations in REST architectures and introduce an initial set of commonly used conversation types. Based on this, we propose to use conversations as a modeling tool for the design of REST APIs at a higher level of abstraction. We also introduce a corresponding interaction centric metamodel for REST APIs. The characterization of RESTful conversations enables a new interaction centric viewpoint on REST architectures which can be also applied for modeling REST APIs on an abstraction level that enables users to focus on the essential functionality of their REST API.},
	keywords = {conversation, model-driven engineering, REST, RESTful conversation},
	url = {http://wicsa2015.org/wicsa-sessions.html$\#$WS5},
	author = {Florian Haupt and Frank Leymann and Cesare Pautasso}
}
