research

Keywords that describe my research interests: simulation, digital twins, data-driven simulation, stochastic models, modelling, performance, performability, formal systems, energy performance, buildings, decision support systems, etc.

My research is in the domain of modelling and simulation, focusing on improving its methodology, and making it more automated and data-driven, as well as developing new application areas. Here is a list of my publications (for more up-to-date publication list, check my Google Scholar profile):

Publications

Showing 21-40 of 331 publications
Title Year Cited by
Hybrid modeling of collaborative freight transportation planning using agent-based simulation, auction-based mechanisms, and optimization
KH Bae, N Mustafee, S Lazarova-Molnar, L Zheng
SIMULATION, 2022
2022 47
A service-oriented middleware for building collaborative UAVs
N Mohamed, J Al-Jaroodi, I Jawhar, S Lazarova-Molnar
Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems 74 (1), 309-321, 2014
2014 44
Towards data-driven reliability modeling for cyber-physical production systems
J Friederich, S Lazarova-Molnar
Procedia Computer Science 184, 589-596, 2021
2021 43
Data Analytics Framework for Industry 4.0: Enabling Collaboration for Added Benefits
S Lazarova-Molnar, N Mohamed, J Al-Jaroodi
IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing 1 (4), 117-125, 2019
2019 43
Simulation-based digital twin development for blockchain enabled end-to-end industrial hemp supply chain risk management
K Wang, W Xie, B Wang, J Pei, W Wu, M Baker, Q Zhou, ...
2020 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 3200-3211, 2020
2020 42
CE-BEMS: A Cloud-Enabled Building Energy Management System
N Mohamed, S Lazarova-Molnar, J Al-Jaroodi
3rd MEC International Conference on Big Data and Smart City (ICBDSC 2016), 2016
2016 42
Data-driven fault tree modeling for reliability assessment of cyber-physical systems
S Lazarova-Molnar, P Niloofar, GK Barta
2020 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 2719-2730, 2020
2020 40
Comparative Evaluation of Data Requirements and Level of Decision Support Provided by Decision Support Tools for Reducing Livestock-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions
DA Thumba, S Lazarova-Molnar, P Niloofar
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022
2022 39
Process Mining for Dynamic Modeling of Smart Manufacturing Systems: Data Requirements
J Friederich, G Lugaresi, S Lazarova-Molnar, A Matta
Procedia CIRP 107, 546-551, 2022
2022 39
Automated model development and parametrization of material flow simulations
M Milde, G Reinhart, S Lazarova-Molnar (Proceedings Editor)
2019 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 2166-2177, 2019
2019 39
Simulation-based deep reinforcement learning for modular production systems
N Feldkamp, S Bergmann, S Strassburger, ...
2020 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 1596-1607, 2020
2020 38
Deep Q-network model for dynamic job shop scheduling problem based on discrete event simulation
Y Turgut, CE Bozdag, S Lazarova-Molnar (Proceedings Editor)
2020 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 1551-1559, 2020
2020 38
Cloud of things: Optimizing smart city services
N Mohamed, S Lazarova-Molnar, J Al-Jaroodi
2017 7th International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Applied …, 2017
2017 38
A Conceptual Framework for Holistic Assessment of Decision Support Systems for Sustainable Livestock Farming
P Niloofar, S Lazarova-Molnar, D Thumba, KI Shahin
Ecological Indicators, 2023
2023 36
Deriving Simulation Models from Data: Steps of Simulation Studies Revisited
S Lazarova-Molnar, X Li
2019 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 2019
2019 36
Generation and tuning of discrete event simulation models for manufacturing applications
G Lugaresi, A Matta, S Lazarova-Molnar (Proceedings Editor)
2020 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 2707-2718, 2020
2020 35
Reliability modeling of cyber-physical systems: A holistic overview and challenges
S Lazarova-Molnar, N Mohamed, HR Shaker
2017 Workshop on modeling and simulation of cyber-physical energy systems …, 2017
2017 35
A service-oriented middleware for cloud of things and fog computing supporting smart city applications
N Mohamed, J Al-Jaroodi, S Lazarova-Molnar, I Jawhar, S Mahmoud
2017 IEEE SmartWorld, Ubiquitous Intelligence & Computing, Advanced …, 2017
2017 35
Surrogate Modeling: Review and Opportunities for Expert Knowledge Integration
D Šturek, S Lazarova-Molnar
The 8th International Conference on Emerging Data and Industry (EDI40), 2025
2025 33
Data-driven Reliability Modeling of Smart Manufacturing Systems using Process Mining
J Friederich, S Lazarova-Molnar
2022 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 2022
2022 32

Citations

All Since 2019
Citations 5,481 4,208
h-index 35 32
i10-index 132 103