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Keywords<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>):<\/p>\n\n\n

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Publications<\/h2>
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\n Title<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/th>\n \n Year<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/th>\n \n Cited by<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n
\n A Framework for Data-Driven Digital Twins of Smart Manufacturing Systems<\/a>\n
J Friederich, DP Francis, S Lazarova-Molnar, N Mohamed<\/div>\n
Computers in Industry, 2022<\/div>\n <\/td>\n
2022<\/td>\n 280<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\n Leveraging the capabilities of industry 4.0 for improving energy efficiency in smart factories<\/a>\n
N Mohamed, J Al-Jaroodi, S Lazarova-Molnar<\/div>\n
IEEE Access 7, 18008-18020, 2019<\/div>\n <\/td>\n
2019<\/td>\n 207<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\n SmartCityWare: A service-oriented middleware for cloud and fog enabled smart city services<\/a>\n
N Mohamed, J Al-Jaroodi, I Jawhar, S Lazarova-Molnar, S Mahmoud<\/div>\n
IEEE Access 5, 17576-17588, 2017<\/div>\n <\/td>\n
2017<\/td>\n 176<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\n Data-Driven Decision Support in Livestock Farming for Improved Animal Health, Welfare and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Overview and Challenges<\/a>\n
P Niloofar, DP Francis, S Lazarova-Molnar, A Vulpe, MC Vochin, G Suciu, ...<\/div>\n
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 190, 2021<\/div>\n <\/td>\n
2021<\/td>\n 146<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\n Digital twin for smart manufacturing: the simulation aspect<\/a>\n
G Shao, S Jain, C Laroque, LH Lee, P Lendermann, O Rose, ...<\/div>\n
2019 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 2085-2098, 2019<\/div>\n <\/td>\n
2019<\/td>\n 146<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\n Simulation and modeling efforts to support decision making in healthcare supply chain management<\/a>\n
E AbuKhousa, J Al-Jaroodi, S Lazarova-Molnar, N Mohamed<\/div>\n
The Scientific World Journal 2014 (1), 354246, 2014<\/div>\n <\/td>\n
2014<\/td>\n 133<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\n Fault Detection and Diagnosis for Smart Buildings: State of the Art, Trends and Challenges<\/a>\n
S Lazarova-Molnar, HR Shaker, N Mohamed, BN J\u00f8rgensen<\/div>\n
3rd MEC International Conference on Big Data and Smart City (ICBDSC 2016), 2016<\/div>\n <\/td>\n
2016<\/td>\n 101<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\n The Proxel-Based Method: Formalisation, Analysis and Applications<\/a>\n
S Lazarova-Molnar<\/div>\n
Universit\u00e4tsbibliothek, 2005<\/div>\n <\/td>\n
2005<\/td>\n 94<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\n Protein-protein interaction based on pairwise similarity<\/a>\n
N Zaki, S Lazarova-Molnar, W El-Hajj, P Campbell<\/div>\n
BMC bioinformatics 10 (1), 150, 2009<\/div>\n <\/td>\n
2009<\/td>\n 90<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\n Reliability assessment of manufacturing systems: A comprehensive overview, challenges and opportunities<\/a>\n
J Friederich, S Lazarova-Molnar<\/div>\n
Journal of Manufacturing Systems 72, 38-58, 2024<\/div>\n <\/td>\n
2024<\/td>\n 78<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\n Device-Level Majority von Neumann Multiplexing<\/a>\n
V Beiu, W Ibrahim, S Lazarova-Molnar<\/div>\n
Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence, 471-479, 2009<\/div>\n <\/td>\n
2009<\/td>\n 70<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\n Generative adversarial network for improving deep learning based malware classification<\/a>\n
Y Lu, J Li, S Lazarova-Molnar (Proceedings Editor)<\/div>\n
2019 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 584-593, 2019<\/div>\n <\/td>\n
2019<\/td>\n 60<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\n Validation of Digital Twins: Challenges and Opportunities<\/a>\n
EY Hua, S Lazarova-Molnar, DP Francis<\/div>\n
2022 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 2022<\/div>\n <\/td>\n
2022<\/td>\n 53<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\n Agent-based digital twins (ABM-DT) in synchromodal transport and logistics: The fusion of virtual and pysical spaces<\/a>\n
T Ambra, C Macharis, S Lazarova-Molnar (Proceedings Editor)<\/div>\n
2020 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 159-169, 2020<\/div>\n <\/td>\n
2020<\/td>\n 53<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\n Reliability assessment in the context of industry 4.0: data as a game changer<\/a>\n
S Lazarova-Molnar, N Mohamed<\/div>\n
Procedia Computer Science 151, 691-698, 2019<\/div>\n <\/td>\n
2019<\/td>\n 51<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\n Hybrid modelling and simulation (M&S): driving innovation in the theory and practice of M&S<\/a>\n
N Mustafee, A Harper, BS Onggo, ...<\/div>\n
2020 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 3140-3151, 2020<\/div>\n <\/td>\n
2020<\/td>\n 50<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\n Applications of Integrated IoT-Fog-Cloud Systems to Smart Cities: A Survey<\/a>\n
N Mohamed, J Al-Jaroodi, S Lazarova-Molnar, I Jawhar<\/div>\n
Electronics 10 (23), 2918, 2021<\/div>\n <\/td>\n
2021<\/td>\n 46<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\n Agent based simulation of bot disinformation maneuvers in Twitter<\/a>\n
DM Beskow, KM Carley, S Lazarova-Molnar (Proceedings Editor)<\/div>\n
2019 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 750-761, 2019<\/div>\n <\/td>\n
2019<\/td>\n 46<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\n Collaborative data analytics for smart buildings: opportunities and models<\/a>\n
S Lazarova-Molnar, N Mohamed<\/div>\n
Cluster Computing 22 (Suppl 1), 1065-1077, 2019<\/div>\n <\/td>\n
2019<\/td>\n 46<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
\n A service-oriented middleware for building collaborative UAVs<\/a>\n
N Mohamed, J Al-Jaroodi, I Jawhar, S Lazarova-Molnar<\/div>\n
Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems 74 (1), 309-321, 2014<\/div>\n <\/td>\n
2014<\/td>\n 45<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>