Extending OPM with Computational & Other Modeling Abilities
Hanan Kohen and Dov Dori,
"Designing and Developing OPCloud, an OPM-Based Collaborative Software Environment, in a Mixed Academic and Industrial Setting: An Experience Report",
Academia Letters, 2021, doi:10.20935/al1918 Yariv Grubshtein, Valeriya Perelman, Eliyahu Safra, and Dov Dori,
"Systems Modeling Languages: OPM versus SysML",
Proc. IEEE International Conference on Systems Engineering and Modeling, Herzeliya and Haifa, Israel, pp. 102-109, March 20-23, 2007 Shmuela Jacobs, Niva Wengrowicz and Dov Dori,
"Exporting Object-Process Methodology System Models to the Semantic Web",
Proc. 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, San Diego, CA, USA, Oct. 5-8, 2014 Fostering Systems Thinking, Collaboration & Education with OPM
Niva Wengrowicz, Rea Lavi, Hanan Kohen, and Dov Dori,
"Modeling with Real Time Informative Feedback: Implementing and Evaluating a New Massive Open Online Course Component",
Journal of Science Education and Technology, Dec. 2022 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-022-10019-8.
As part of the design, development, and deployment of a massive open online course (MOOC) on model-based systems engineering, we introduced MORTIF—Modeling with Real-Time Informative Feedback, a new learning-by-doing feature that enables the learner to model, receive detailed feedback, and resubmit improved solutions. We examined the pedagogical usability of MORTIF by investigating characteristics of participants working with it, and their perceived contribution, preferred question type, and learning style. The research included 295 participants and applied the mixed-methods approach, using MOOC server data and online questionnaires. Analyzing 12,095 submissions, we found increasing frequency of using the model resubmitting option. Students ranked MORTIF as the highest of six question types in terms of preference and perceived contribution level. Nine learning style categories were identified and classified based on students’ verbal explanations regarding their preference of MORTIF over the other question types. MORTIF has been effective in promoting meaningful learning, supporting our hypothesis that the combination of active learning with real-time informative feedback is a learning mode that students eagerly embrace and benefit from. The benefits we identified for using MORTIF include active learning, provision of meaningful immediate feedback to the learner, the option to use the feedback on the spot and resubmitting an improved model, and its suitability for a variety of learning styles.
Niva Wengrowicz, Yehudit Judy Dori, Dale Baker, and Dov Dori,
"Large Scale Assessment in Engineering Courses Using Multiple Approaches",
Paper to be presented at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) National Conference, Boston, MA, USA, April 3-6, 2014 Amira Sharon, Dov Dori, and Olivier L. de Weck,
"Graduate Students' Perceptions of Computer-Based Project and Systems Engineering Management Methods",
Proc. Fifth LINC Conference, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, May 24-26, 2010 Model-Based Systems Biology & Medicine
Natali Levi-Soskin, Ron Shaoul, Hanan Kohen, Ahmad Jbara, and Dov Dori,
"Model-Based Diagnosis with FTTell: Assessing the Potential for Pediatric Failure to Thrive (FTT) During the Perinatal Stage",
EuroSymposium, Gdansk, Poland, Sept. 19, 2019. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing book series (LNBIP, volume 359) Models have traditionally been mostly either prescriptive, expressing the function, structure and behavior of a system-to-be, or descriptive, specifying a system so it can be understood and analyzed. In this work, we offer a third kind—diagnostic models. We have built a model for assessing potential pediatric failure to thrive (FTT) during the perinatal stage. Although FTT is commonly found in young children and has been studied extensively, the exact etiology is often not clear. The ideal solution is for a pediatrician to input pertinent data and information in a single tool in order to obtain some assessment on the
potential etiology. We present FTTell—an executable model-based medical knowledge aggregation and diagnosis tool, in which the qualitative considerations and quantitative parameters of the problem are modeled using a Methodical Approach to Executable Integrative Modeling (MAXIM)—an extended version of Object-Process Methodology (OPM) ISO 19450, focusing on the perinatal stage. The efficacy of the tool is demonstrated on three real-life cases, and the tool’s diagnosis outcomes may be compared with and critiqued by a domain expert.
Judith Somekh, Gal Haimovich, Adi Guterman, Dov Dori, and Mordechai Choder,
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Conceptual Modeling of mRNA Decay Provokes New Hypotheses. PLoS ONE 9(9): e107085. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107085 Valeria Perelman, Judith Somekh, and Dov Dori,
"Model Verification Framework with Application to Molecular Biology",
Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation (DEVS 2011), Boston, MA. USA. April 4-9, 2011 Sergey Bolshchikov, Judith Somekh, Shay Mazor, Maxim Monadeev, Shaul Hertz, Mordechai Choder, and Dov Dori,
"Visualizing the Dynamics of Conceptual Behavior Models: The Vivid OPM Scene Player",
Proc. 3rd International Conference on Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE 2010), George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA, Sept. 27-28, 2010. OPM & Modeling Environments
Niva Wengrowicz, Rea Lavi, Hanan Kohen, and Dov Dori,
"Modeling with Real Time Informative Feedback: Implementing and Evaluating a New Massive Open Online Course Component",
Journal of Science Education and Technology, Dec. 2022 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-022-10019-8.
As part of the design, development, and deployment of a massive open online course (MOOC) on model-based systems engineering, we introduced MORTIF—Modeling with Real-Time Informative Feedback, a new learning-by-doing feature that enables the learner to model, receive detailed feedback, and resubmit improved solutions. We examined the pedagogical usability of MORTIF by investigating characteristics of participants working with it, and their perceived contribution, preferred question type, and learning style. The research included 295 participants and applied the mixed-methods approach, using MOOC server data and online questionnaires. Analyzing 12,095 submissions, we found increasing frequency of using the model resubmitting option. Students ranked MORTIF as the highest of six question types in terms of preference and perceived contribution level. Nine learning style categories were identified and classified based on students’ verbal explanations regarding their preference of MORTIF over the other question types. MORTIF has been effective in promoting meaningful learning, supporting our hypothesis that the combination of active learning with real-time informative feedback is a learning mode that students eagerly embrace and benefit from. The benefits we identified for using MORTIF include active learning, provision of meaningful immediate feedback to the learner, the option to use the feedback on the spot and resubmitting an improved model, and its suitability for a variety of learning styles.
Dov Dori, Hillary Sillitto, Regina Griego, Dorothy McKinney, Eileen Arnold, Patrick Godfrey, James Martin, Scott Jackson, and Daniel Krob,
"System Definition, System Worldviews, and Systemness Characteristics",
IEEE Systems Journal 14( 2), pp. 1538-1548, doi: 10.1109/JSYST.2019.2904116, June 2020 Hillary Sillitto, James Martin, Regina Griego, Dorothy McKinney, Eileen Arnold, Patrick Godfrey, Dov Dori, Daniel Krob, and Scott Jackson,
"Envisioning Systems Engineering as a transdisciplinary venture",
INCOSE IS 2018, July 7-12, 2018, Washington DC, USA. Hillary Sillitto, James Martin, Regina Griego, Dorothy McKinney, Eileen Arnold, Patrick Godfrey, Dov Dori, Daniel Krob, and Scott Jackson,
"A fresh look at Systems Engineering – what is it, how should it work",
INCOSE IS 2018, July 7-12, 2018, Washington DC, USA. Hillary Sillitto, James Martin, Regina Griego, Dorothy McKinney, Eileen Arnold, Patrick Godfrey, Dov Dori, Daniel Krob, and Scott Jackson,
"What do we mean by “system”? – System Beliefs and Worldviews in the INCOSE Community",
INCOSE IS 2018, July 7-12, 2018, Washington DC, USA. Won Best Paper Award in this meeting Judith Somekh, Gal Haimovich, Adi Guterman, Dov Dori, and Mordechai Choder,
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Conceptual Modeling of mRNA Decay Provokes New Hypotheses. PLoS ONE 9(9): e107085. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107085 Niva Wengrowicz, Yehudit Judy Dori, Dale Baker, and Dov Dori,
"Large Scale Assessment in Engineering Courses Using Multiple Approaches",
Paper to be presented at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) National Conference, Boston, MA, USA, April 3-6, 2014 Dov Dori, Sergey Bolshchikov, and Niva Wengrowicz,
"Conceptual models become alive with Vivid OPM: How can animated visualization render abstract ideas concrete?",
In: Modeling & Simulation-based Systems Engineering Handbook, Daniele Gianni, Andrea D’Ambrogio, and Andreas Tolk (Eds.), pp. 293-319, CRC Press, 2014. Mordecai, Yaniv and Dori, Dov,
"A Model-Based Framework for Architecting System-of-Systems Interoperability, Interconnectivity, Interfacing, Integration, and Interaction",
Proceedings of the 23rd Annual INCOSE International Symposium, Philadelphia PA, June 2013. Valeria Perelman, Judith Somekh, and Dov Dori,
"Model Verification Framework with Application to Molecular Biology",
Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation (DEVS 2011), Boston, MA. USA. April 4-9, 2011 Sergey Bolshchikov, Judith Somekh, Shay Mazor, Maxim Monadeev, Shaul Hertz, Mordechai Choder, and Dov Dori,
"Visualizing the Dynamics of Conceptual Behavior Models: The Vivid OPM Scene Player",
Proc. 3rd International Conference on Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE 2010), George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA, Sept. 27-28, 2010. Amira Sharon, Dov Dori, and Olivier L. de Weck,
"Graduate Students' Perceptions of Computer-Based Project and Systems Engineering Management Methods",
Proc. Fifth LINC Conference, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, May 24-26, 2010 Toch, E., Gal, A., Reinhartz-Berger, I., and Dori, D.,
"A semantic approach to approximate service retrieval",
ACM Trans. Intern. Tech. 8, 1, pp. 2:1-2:30, 2007 Yariv Grubshtein, Valeriya Perelman, Eliyahu Safra, and Dov Dori,
"Systems Modeling Languages: OPM versus SysML",
Proc. IEEE International Conference on Systems Engineering and Modeling, Herzeliya and Haifa, Israel, pp. 102-109, March 20-23, 2007 Shmuela Jacobs, Niva Wengrowicz and Dov Dori,
"Exporting Object-Process Methodology System Models to the Semantic Web",
Proc. 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, San Diego, CA, USA, Oct. 5-8, 2014 Systems, Modeling & Model-Based Systems Engineering
Dov Dori, Hillary Sillitto, Regina Griego, Dorothy McKinney, Eileen Arnold, Patrick Godfrey, James Martin, Scott Jackson, and Daniel Krob,
"System Definition, System Worldviews, and Systemness Characteristics",
IEEE Systems Journal 14( 2), pp. 1538-1548, doi: 10.1109/JSYST.2019.2904116, June 2020 Hillary Sillitto, James Martin, Regina Griego, Dorothy McKinney, Eileen Arnold, Patrick Godfrey, Dov Dori, Daniel Krob, and Scott Jackson,
"Envisioning Systems Engineering as a transdisciplinary venture",
INCOSE IS 2018, July 7-12, 2018, Washington DC, USA. Hillary Sillitto, James Martin, Regina Griego, Dorothy McKinney, Eileen Arnold, Patrick Godfrey, Dov Dori, Daniel Krob, and Scott Jackson,
"A fresh look at Systems Engineering – what is it, how should it work",
INCOSE IS 2018, July 7-12, 2018, Washington DC, USA. Hillary Sillitto, James Martin, Regina Griego, Dorothy McKinney, Eileen Arnold, Patrick Godfrey, Dov Dori, Daniel Krob, and Scott Jackson,
"What do we mean by “system”? – System Beliefs and Worldviews in the INCOSE Community",
INCOSE IS 2018, July 7-12, 2018, Washington DC, USA. Won Best Paper Award in this meeting Judith Somekh, Gal Haimovich, Adi Guterman, Dov Dori, and Mordechai Choder,
"",
Conceptual Modeling of mRNA Decay Provokes New Hypotheses. PLoS ONE 9(9): e107085. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107085 Niva Wengrowicz, Yehudit Judy Dori, Dale Baker, and Dov Dori,
"Large Scale Assessment in Engineering Courses Using Multiple Approaches",
Paper to be presented at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) National Conference, Boston, MA, USA, April 3-6, 2014 Dov Dori, Sergey Bolshchikov, and Niva Wengrowicz,
"Conceptual models become alive with Vivid OPM: How can animated visualization render abstract ideas concrete?",
In: Modeling & Simulation-based Systems Engineering Handbook, Daniele Gianni, Andrea D’Ambrogio, and Andreas Tolk (Eds.), pp. 293-319, CRC Press, 2014. Mordecai, Yaniv and Dori, Dov,
"A Model-Based Framework for Architecting System-of-Systems Interoperability, Interconnectivity, Interfacing, Integration, and Interaction",
Proceedings of the 23rd Annual INCOSE International Symposium, Philadelphia PA, June 2013. Valeria Perelman, Judith Somekh, and Dov Dori,
"Model Verification Framework with Application to Molecular Biology",
Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation (DEVS 2011), Boston, MA. USA. April 4-9, 2011 Sergey Bolshchikov, Judith Somekh, Shay Mazor, Maxim Monadeev, Shaul Hertz, Mordechai Choder, and Dov Dori,
"Visualizing the Dynamics of Conceptual Behavior Models: The Vivid OPM Scene Player",
Proc. 3rd International Conference on Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE 2010), George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA, Sept. 27-28, 2010. Amira Sharon, Dov Dori, and Olivier L. de Weck,
"Graduate Students' Perceptions of Computer-Based Project and Systems Engineering Management Methods",
Proc. Fifth LINC Conference, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, May 24-26, 2010 Toch, E., Gal, A., Reinhartz-Berger, I., and Dori, D.,
"A semantic approach to approximate service retrieval",
ACM Trans. Intern. Tech. 8, 1, pp. 2:1-2:30, 2007 Yariv Grubshtein, Valeriya Perelman, Eliyahu Safra, and Dov Dori,
"Systems Modeling Languages: OPM versus SysML",
Proc. IEEE International Conference on Systems Engineering and Modeling, Herzeliya and Haifa, Israel, pp. 102-109, March 20-23, 2007 Shmuela Jacobs, Niva Wengrowicz and Dov Dori,
"Exporting Object-Process Methodology System Models to the Semantic Web",
Proc. 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, San Diego, CA, USA, Oct. 5-8, 2014
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