Publications

A list with my latest publications can be found in the following; most of them can be found at my research gate account, and google scholar.

Books

  • Marcela Ruiz. TraceME: A Traceability-Based Method for Conceptual Model Evolution. Model-Driven Techniques, Tools, Guidelines, and Open Challenges in Conceptual Model Evolution. © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature, 2018. M. Ruiz: TraceME, LNBIP 312, 2018. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-89716-5_z

Book chapters

  • Pastor, O., Noel, R., Panach, I., Ruiz, M. (2022). The LiteStrat Modelling Method: Towards the Alignment of Strategy and Code. In: Karagiannis, D., Lee, M., Hinkelmann, K., Utz, W. (eds) Domain-Specific Conceptual Modeling. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93547-4_7
  • España, S., Koc, H., Ruiz, M., Pastor, Ó. Capability-support for entrepreneurial ventures. Capability Management in Digital Enterprises. Pages 311-325, 2018. Springer
  • Pastor, Ó., Ruiz, M. Linking Business Process Models with Executable Conceptual Schemas in an MDD context. INGÉNIERIE ET MANAGEMENT DES SYSTÈMES D’INFORMATION. MÉLANGES EN L’HONNEUR DE JACKY AKOKA. Chapter 22. Date: 2016, Cepadues, France.
  • Pastor, Ó., Ruiz, M., España, S. From requirements to code: a full model-driven development perspective. Software and Data Technologies, Pages: 56 – 70, Date: 2013, Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
  • Pastor, Ó., Ruiz, M., España, S., González, A. Communication Analysis requirements models: Grammar design and implementation. International Modelling and Quality in Requirements Engineering, Essay dedicated to Martin Glinz on the Occasion of his 60th birthday Vol: 303 – Pages: 175 – 188 Date: 2012. MV-Wissenschaft. Germany

Journals

  • E. Díaz, J. I. Panach, S. Rueda, M. Ruiz, and O. Pator, “Are requirements elicitation sessions influenced by participants’ gender? An empirical experiment,” Sci. Comput. Program., vol. 204, p. 102595, Apr. 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.scico.2020.102595.
  • Pastor, O., Ruiz, M. From Requirements to Code: A Conceptual Model-based Approach for Automating the Software Production Process. Enterprise Modelling and Information Systems Architectures. EMISA Journal, 2018
  • Pastor, O., Ruiz, M., Koc, H., Valverde, F. Capability-based Communication Analysis for enterprise modelling. Enterprise Modelling and Information Systems Architectures. EMISA Journal, 2018.
  • Koc, H., Ruiz, M., España, S. LightCDD: Application of a Capability-Driven Development Method for Start-ups. Development. Complex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly, Vol 10. ISSN: 2255-9922. 2017
  • Ruiz, M., Costal, D., España, S., Franch, X., & Pastor, O. GoBIS: an integrated framework to analyse the Goal and Business process perspectives in Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, Vol 53. Pages 330 – 345. 2015. Elsevier. Impact factor 1.45. H Index: 52. Scopus (SJR) Q1. JCR Q2.
  • Zapata, C., Ruiz, M. Pastor, O. Desde Esquemas Preconceptual es hacia OO-Method. Revista Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antioquia. Vol 56, Pages 203 – 212. ISSN 0120-6230. Medellín, Colombia. 2010.
  • Zapata, C., Ruiz, M. Villa, F. UNC-Diagramador una herramienta upper CASE para la obtención de diagramas UML desde Esquemas Preconceptuales. Vol 43, Pages 68.80. ISSN 0120-341X. Medellín, Colombia. 2007

Conference papers

  • Mosquera, D., Ruiz, M., Pastor, O., Spielberger, J. (2022). Ontology-based Automatic Reasoning and NLP for Software Traceability with the OntoTrace Tool. Requirement Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ’23), in Barcelona, Spain.
  • Mosquera, D., Ruiz, M., Pastor, O., Spielberger, J., Fievet, L. OntoTrace: A Tool for Supporting Trace Generation in Software Development by Using Ontology-Based Automatic Reasoning. In: De Weerdt, J., Polyvyanyy, A. (eds) Intelligent Information Systems. CAiSE 2022. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 452. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07481-3_9. [Preprint] [Poster]
  • Mosquera, D., Ruiz, M., Pastor, O., Spielberger, J. (2022). Assisted-Modeling Requirements for Model-Driven Development Tools. Best paper Award! 🏆 In: Guizzardi, R., Ralyté, J., Franch, X. (eds) Research Challenges in Information Science. RCIS 2022. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 446. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05760-1_27 [Preprint]
  • Wahler, Michael; Conte, Enrico; Frick, Martin; Mosquera, David; Ruiz, Marcela, 2022. Rapid software prototyping from business artifacts. In: Bera, Palash; Dalpiaz, Fabiano; Wautelet, Yves, eds., Short Paper Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Agile Methods for Information Systems Engineering (Agil-ISE 2022), co-located with the 34th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2022) Leuven, Belgium, 6. June 2022. Aachen: RWTH Aachen University. pp. 9-14. CEUR Workshop Proceedings. [Preprint]
  • Mosquera, D., Martakos, A., Ruiz, M. (2022). Experiences from Developing a Web Crawler Using a Model-Driven Development Tool: Emerging Opportunities. In: Augusto, A., Gill, A., Bork, D., Nurcan, S., Reinhartz-Berger, I., Schmidt, R. (eds) Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling. BPMDS EMMSAD 2022. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 450. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07475-2_23 [Preprint]
  • Noel, R., Panach, J.I., Ruiz, M., Pastor, O. (2022). Stra2Bis: A Model-Driven Method for Aligning Business Strategy and Business Processes. In: Ralyté, J., Chakravarthy, S., Mohania, M., Jeusfeld, M.A., Karlapalem, K. (eds) Conceptual Modeling. ER 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13607. Springer, Cham. [Preprint]
  • Noel, Rene; Ruiz, Marcela; Panach, Ignacio; Pastor, Oscar, 2021. Beyond conventional model-driven development : from strategy to code. In: Ruiz, Marcela; Li, Tong; Pant, Vik, eds., 14th International iStar Workshop 2021. 40th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER2021), online, 18-21 October 2021. CEUR Workshop Proceedings. pp. 49-55. CEUR Workshop Proceedings ; 2983. [ LinkToPaper]
  • Noel, Rene; Panach, Ignacio; Ruiz, Marcela; Pastor, Oscar, 2021. The LiteStrat method : towards strategic model-driven development. In: Insfran, Emilio; González, Fernando; Abrahão, Silvia; Fernández, Marta; Barry, Chris; Lang, Michael; Linger, Henry; Schneider, Christoph, eds., ISD2021 Proceedings. 29th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD), Valencia, Spain, 8-10 September 2021. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica de València. [LinkToPaper]
  • Franch, Xavier; Ruiz, Marcela, 2021. Goal-oriented models for teaching and understanding data structures. In: Ghose, Aditya; Horkoff, Jennifer; Silva Souza, Vítor E.; Parsons, Jeffrey; Evermann, Joerg, eds., Conceptual Modeling. 40th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER2021), online, 18-21 October 2021. Cham: Springer. pp. 227-241. Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 13011. [ LinkToPaper]
  • Ruiz, Marcela; Ralyté, Jolita; Franch, Xavier, 2020. The use of iStar in Situational Method Engineering : an ongoing study [paper]. In: Guizzardi, Renata; Mussbacher, Gunter; Ruiz, Marcela, eds., Thirteenth International iStar Workshop. 28th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE 2020), Zurich, Switzerland, 31 August – 4 September 2020. CEUR Workshop Proceedings. pp. 37-42 CEUR Workshop Proceedings ; 2641. [LinkToPaper]
  • Panichella, S., Ruiz, M. “Requirements-Collector: Automating Requirements Specification from Elicitation Sessions and User Feedback”. Posters and Tool Demonstrations paper at the Requirements Engineering Conference (RE’20) August 31 to September 4. Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Ruiz, M., Hasselmann, B. “Can We Design Software as We Talk?”. Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling (EMMSAD 2020) June 8-9, 2020 co-located with CAiSE 2020 in Grenoble, France
  • Moretti, G., Ruiz, M., and Spielberger, J. Improving Performance and Scalability of Model-Driven Generated Web Applications. International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020). September 23 – 25, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus
  • Van Zwienen, M., Ruiz, M. , Steenbergen, M., and Burriel, V. A Process for Tailoring Domain-Specific Enterprise Architecture Maturity Models. Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling (LNBIP 352) EMMSAD 2019. Jun 3-7, Rome, Italy.
  • Kramer, J., van der Werf, J., Stokking, J., and Ruiz, M. A Blockchain-Based Micro Economy Platform for Distributed Infrastructure Initiatives. International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA 2018), CORE index A.
  • Ruiz, M., Aydemir, B., and Dalpiaz, F. Using Conceptual Models in Research Methods Courses: An experience using iStar 2.0 (iStart 2017, designated track in the 5th Symposium on Conceptual Modeling Education SCME 2017). The 36th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling ER2017. Core index: A. Nov. 6th -9th, 2017, Valencia, Spain
  • Ruiz, M. Model-based software evolution. 15th edition of the BElgian-NEtherlands software eVOLution seminar (BENEVOL 2016). December 7th and 8th, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
  • Koç, H., Ruiz, M. and España, S. LightCDD: a lightweight capability-driven development method for start-ups. 3rd Int. Workshop on Advances in Service DEsign based on the Notion of CApabiliy (ASDENCA) in conjunction with CAiSE 2016. Core index: A. Ljubljana, Slovenia. June 13-17, 2016
  • Ruiz, M., Costal, D., España, S., Franch, X. and Pastor, Ó. Integrating the Goal and Business Process Perspectives in Information System Analysis. 26th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems (CAiSE 2014). Core index: A. Publication: Print ISBN978-3-319-07880-9. Online ISBN978-3-319-07881-6. Volume 8484, 2014. Pages 332-346. Thessaloniki, Greece. Date: June 17-20, 2014.
  • Ruiz, M. A Traceability-based Method to Support Conceptual Model Evolution. 26th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems (CAiSE 2014). Core index: A. Doctoral Consortium. Publication: Print ISBN978-3-319-07880-9. Online ISBN978-3-319-07881-6. Thessaloniki, Greece. Date: June 17-20, 2014
  • Ruiz, M. A model-driven method to support conceptual model evolution. 19th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality, (REFSQ 2013). Core index: B. Publication: ISSN 1860-2770. Essen, Germany. Date: April 8-11, 2013
  • Ruiz, M., España, S., Pastor, O., González, A. Supporting organisational evolution by means of model-driven reengineering frameworks. 7th IEEE International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2013). Core index: B. ISBN 978-1-4673-2914-9. Paris, France. Date: May 29-31, 2013
  • Pastor, O., Ruiz, M., España, S. De Requisitos a Código: Desarrollo de Software Dirigido por Modelos en Práctica. Latin American Congress in Requirements Engineering & Software Testing (LACREST 2012). Publicación: Serna, Edgar, ISBN 978-958-46-0577-1. Medellín, Colombia. Date: July 13-14, 2012
  • Ruiz, M., España, S., González, A. Model-driven organisational reengineering: A framework to support organisational improvement. Congreso: XXXVIII Conferencia Latinoamericana en Informática (CLEI 2012). ISBN 978-1-4673-0793-2. Medellín, Colombia. Date: October 1-5, 2012
  • Zikra, I., España, S., Ruiz, M., Pastor, O., Stirna, J. Aligning Communication Analysis with the Unifying Meta-Model for Enterprise Modeling. 21st International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD 2012). Core index: A. ISBN 978-1-4614-7539-2. Prato, Italy             . Date: August 29-30, 2012
  • Ruiz, M., España, S., Pastor, O., González, A. A model-driven framework to integrate Communication Analysis and OO-Method: Supporting the model transformation. 15th Workshop On Requirements Engineering (WER 2012). ISBN 978-987-1635-46-7. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Date: April 23-27, 2012
  • España, S., Ruiz, M., González, A. Systematic derivation of conceptual models from requirements models: a controlled experiment. IEEE Sixth International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2012). Core index: B. ISBN 978-1-4577-1938-7. Valencia, España. Date: May 15-18, 2012
  • Ruiz, M., Ameller, D., España, S., Botella, P., Franch, X., Pastor, O. Ingeniería de requisitos orientada a servicios: características, retos y un marco metodológico. VII Jornadas de Ciencia e Ingeniería de Servicios (JCIS 2011). Pedro Javier Ávarez, José Carlos del Arco, Miguel R. Luaces (Eds.) SISTEDES; pp. 125-130. ISBN: 978-84-0749-485-4. A Coruña, España. Date: September 5-9, 2011.
  • González, A., España, S., Ruiz, M., Pastor, O. Systematic derivation of class diagrams from communication-oriented business process models. International workshop on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support (BPMDS 2011). Terry Halpin, Selin Nurcan, John Krogstie, Pnina Soffer, Erik Proper, Rainer Schmidt, Ilia Bider (Eds); pp. 246-260. ISBN 978-3-642-21758-6. London, United Kingdom. June 20-21, 2011. Attached to 23rd International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2011), international conference of type A according to CORE (2008).
  • España, S., Ruiz, M., Pastor, O., González, A. Systematic derivation of state machines from communication-oriented business process models. IEEE Fifth International Conference on Research Challenge in Information Science (RCIS 2011). Colette Rolland, Martine Collard (Eds); pp 444-455. Guadeloupe, France. Date: May 19-21, 2011
  • Ruiz, M., González, A., España, S., Pastor, O. Message Structures: a modelling technique for information systems analysis and design. 14th Workshop on Requirements Engineering (WER 2011). Claudia P. Ayala, Simone D.J. Barbosa, Maria Lencastre, Eduardo Figueiredo (Eds.); pp. 419-418. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Date: April 27-29, 2011.
  • España, S., Ruiz, M., Gonzáles, A., Pastor, O. Integrando Técnicas Avanzadas de Modelado de Requisitos en MOSKitt. MOSKittDay-EclipseDay2010. http://www.slideshare.net/CommunicationAnalysis/presentacion-camoskitt-day2010-v20
  • Ruiz, M., España, S., González, A., Pastor, O. Análisis de Comunicaciones como un enfoque de requisitos para el desarrollo dirigido por modelos. VII Taller sobre Desarrollo de Software Dirigido por Modelos (DSDM’10). Avila-Garcia, O., Cabot, J., Muñoz, J., Romero, J., Vallecillo, A. (Eds); SISTEDES; pp. 70-77. Valencia, España. Date: September 7, 2010.

Conference proceedings

  • Guizzardi, R., Mussbacher, G., Ruiz, M. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International iStar Workshop. Co-located with 28th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE 2020).  iStar 2020
  • Capiello, C., and Ruiz, M. CAiSE 2019 Forum (LNBIP 350) 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2018). Rome, Italy, June 3-7, 2019.
  • Goulao, M., Ruiz, M., Susi, A. Eleventh International i* Workshop (iStar 2018). Proceedings of the 11th International i* Workshop. Co-located with the 30th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2018). Tallinn, Estonia, June 12, 2018.

Technical reports

  • Ruiz, M., Costal, D., España, S., Franch, X., Pastor, O. Validation of the iStar2ca guidelines: variables, hypotheses, instrumentation and statistical results. Ref. TR – Technical Report UPCommons. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. 2015. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/27746
  • Rueda, U., España, S., Ruiz, M. GREAT Process Modeller user manual. Ref. TR – Technical Report PROS-TR-2015-01. 2015. Available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/1502.07693
  • Costal, D., España, S., Franch, X, Pastor, O, Ruiz, M. Integration of i* and Communication Analysis. Ref. TR – Technical Report PROS. 2014. Available at: http://hci.dsic.upv.es/ca/CAiSE2014_TR.pdf
  • España, S.; González, A.; Pastor, Ó.; Ruiz, M. Communication Analysis modelling techniques. ProS-TR-2012-02.  2012. Available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.0987
  • España, S., González, A., Pastor, O., Ruiz, M. Integration of Communication Analysis and the OO-Method: Rules for the manual derivation of the Conceptual Model. PROS-TR-2011-04. 2011. Available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/1103.3686
  • España, S., González, A., Pastor, O., Ruiz, M. A practical guide to Message Structures: a modelling technique for information systems analysis and design. PROS-TR-2011-02. 2011. Available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/1101.5341
  • España, S., González, A., Pastor, O., Ruiz, M. Integration of Communication Analysis and the OO-Method: Manual derivation of the Conceptual Model. The SuperStationery Co. Lab demo. PROS-TR-2011-01. 2011. Available at: http://arxiv.org/abs/1101.0105