HanĂȘne Ben Abdallah
âžș HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah received a BS in Computer Science and BS in Mathematics from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN-USA, an MSE and PhD in Computer and Information Science from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA-USA. She worked as Professor of Computer Science at the University of Sfax-Tunisia (1997-2013) and at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah-KSA (2013-2018). Since 2018, she joined the Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai-UAE where she served as Dean of Faculty Affairs & Scholarly Activities (2018-2020) then Executive Dean of the Faculty of Computer Information Science & Applied Media (2020-present).
Since 1997, Professor Hanene has been conducting research in software design quality, reuse techniques in software and business process modelling, with application to the development of information and decision support systems, and web/cloud-based applications. Within these research topics, she has advised more than 30 MS students and 20 PhD students, and mentored several junior faculty members in their promotion process. She has published more than 50 journal papers and 100 conference papers.
Mail : hanene.benabdallah@musteducation.tn
Phone Number : 216 71 180 108
Office : R 214
Research
Teaching
Publications
Journal and Book Edition
Research
Software design quality, reuse techniques in software and business process modelling, with application to the development of information and decision support systems, and web/cloud-based applications.
Teaching
Software Modeling, Software Engineering, web/cloud-based computing.
Publications
- Fahmi Bargui, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âAn ontology-based approach for automatic goal requirements engineering in data warehouse designâ, International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences, Inderscience Publishers, Switzerland. 13(2), 2021. ISSN: 1756-7017 (ISI, Scopus)
- Hamza Gharsellaoui, Jihen MaĂązoun, Nadia Bouassida, Samir Ben Ahmed, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âA Software Product Line Design Based Approach for Real-Time Scheduling of Reconfigurable Embedded Systems Computers in Human Behaviorâ, Computers in Human Behavior, Elsevier, volume 115, pages 10492511, February (2021), DOI:10.1016/j.chb.2017.04.026 (ISI)
- Fadwa Yahya, Khouloud Boukadi, Zakaria Maamar, and HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âDefinition and Evaluation of BPMN4Social: A Domain-Specific Language for Social Business Process Modelingâ, International Journal of Social Media and Online Communities (IJSMOC), 12(2), 2020, DOI: 10.4018/IJSMOC.2020070101
- Alzahrani, M.S., Jarraya, S.K., Ben-Abdallah, H. et al. âComprehensive evaluation of skeleton features-based fall detection from Microsoft Kinect v2â. Signal, Image and Video Processing, (13):1431â1439 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11760-019-01490-9 (ISI, Scopus)
- Mouna Rekik, Khouloud Boukadi, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âAn end-to-end System to Enhance Business Process Performance through New Outsourcing to the Cloud Strategiesâ, International Journal on Business and Systems Research, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, UK. 13(1):1-20 (2019) (Scopus)
- Mariem Haoues, Asma Sellami, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âTowards Functional Change Decision Support Based on COSMIC FSM Methodâ. Information and Software Technology, Springer (110):78-91 (June 2019). ISSN: 0950-5849, DOI : 1016/j.infsof.2019.02.004 (ISI, Scopus)
- Dhikra Kchaou, Nadia Bouassida, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah, âRecovering semantic traceability between requirements and design for change impact analysisâ, Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering, Springer London. 11(1):1-15 (First Online 14 March 2019). ISSN:1614-5046, DOI:10.1007/s11334-019-00330-w (ISI, Scopus)
- Fahmi Bargui, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah, Jamel Feki. âEnhancing the Involvement of Decision-Makers in Data Mart Designâ, International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies, Inderscience Publishers, Switzerland. 11(2):148-175 (2019) ISSN:1755-8050, DOI : 1504/IJDATS.2019.098820 (ISI, Scopus)
- Khouloud Boukadi, Rima Grati, Molka Rekik, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âBusiness process outsourcing to cloud containers: How to find the optimal deployment?â, Future Generation Computer Systems International Journal of eScience, Elsevier. 97:397-408 (August 2019) DOI: 1016/j.future.2019.02.069 (Scopus)
- Fadwa Yahya, Khouloud Boukadi, Zakaria Maamar, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âImproving the Quality of Business Process Models: Lessons Learned from the State of the Artâ, International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowlege-Based Systems, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd, UK. 27(1):19-39 (21 November 2018) DOI: 10.1142/S0218488519500028 (Scopus)
- Mouna Rekik, Khouloud Boukadi, Nour Assi, Walid Gaaloul, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âOptimal Deployment of Configurable Business Processes in Cloud Federationsâ, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management 15(4):1692-1705, Article number 8527548 (December 2018) DOI: 10.1109/TNSM.2018.2880195
- Soumaya Louhichi, Mariem Gzara, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah, âMDCUT2: a Multi-Density Clustering Algorithm with Automatic Detection of Density Variation in Data with Noiseâ, Distributed and Parallel Databases, Springer Nature Switzerland, 37(1):73â99 (March 2019) DOI: 10.1007/s10619-018-7253-1 (ISI, Scopus)
- Mariem Mefteh, Nadia Bouassida, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âTowards Naturalistic Programming: Mapping Language-Independent Requirements to Constrained Languageâ. Science of Computer Programming â Methods of Software Design: Techniques and Applications, Elsevier, Netherlands, 166: 89-119 (May 2018) DOI:10.1016/j.scico.2018.05.006 (Scopus, ISI)
- Mouna Rekik, Khouloud Boukadi, Molka Rekik, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âFC4CD: a new SOA-based Focused Crawler for Cloud Service Discoveryâ, Computing, Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria. 100(10): 1081-1107 (October 2018). ISSN: 0010-485X, DOI:10.1007/s00607-018-0600-2
- Lobna Makni, Nahla Zaaboub Haddar, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âAn automated method for the construction of semantic business process patternsâ. International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking, Inderscience, UK. 8(3): 263-290 (2018). ISSN: 1619-1366, DOI:1504/IJPMB.2018.10008279 (ISI)
- Mariem Ben Salem, Raouia Taktak, Ali Ridha Mahjoub, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âOptimization Algorithms for the Disjunctively Constrained Knapsack Problemâ, Soft Computing, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Germany. 22(6):2025â2043 (2018), ISSN:1432-7643,DOI:10.1007/s00500-016-2465-7
- Imen Jaouadi, Raoudha H. Ben Djemaa, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âA model- driven development approach for context- aware systemsâ. Journal on Software Systems Modeling, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 17(4):1169-1195 (2018). ISSN: 1619-1366, DOI:10.1007/s10270-016-0550-0 (ISI)
- Jihen MaĂązoun, Nadia Bouassida, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âA new approach mining the SPL feature model and design from product variantsâ. Ada User Journal, Ada Language UK Ltd, 39(1): 37-47 (March 2018). ISSN:1381-6551 (Scopus, ISI)
- Khouloud Boukadi, Rima Grati, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. « Une approche pour la prise de dĂ©cision dâadaptation Ă base de logique floue pour les SaaS Composites ». NumĂ©ro SpĂ©cial de la Revue IngĂ©nierie des SystĂšmes dâInformation: âDĂ©cisions, argumentation et traçabilitĂ© dans lâIngĂ©nierie des SystĂšmes dâInformationâ, Lavoisier France. 22(4):77-106 (2017), ISSN:1633-1311
- Mouna Rekik, Khouloud Boukadi, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âAn end-to-end system to enhance business process performance through new outsourcing to the Cloud strategiesâ, International Journal of Business and Systems Research, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, UK. 63:308-319 (2017) ISSN:1751-200X, WOS:000416395100027 (ISI, Scopus)
- Mariem Haoues, Asma Sellami, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah, Laila Cheikhi. âA guideline for selecting the appropriate software architecture based on the ISO 25010 quality related characteristicsâ. Intern. Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management, Springer. 8(Suppl 2): 886â909, ISSN:0976-4348, DOI:10.1007/s13198-016-0546-8, WOS:000415383700029 (ISI)
- Haitham Barkallah, Mariem Gzara, HanĂȘne Ben Abdallah. âEvolution of the Distributed computing paradigms: a brief road mapâ, International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems, 6(5) 2017, ISSN:2210-142X, DOI:10.12785/ijcds/060502
- Dhikra Kchaou, Nadia Bouassida, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah, âUML models change impact analysis using a text similarity techniqueâ, IET Software, 11(1):27-37 (2017). ISSN:1751-8806, DOI: 1049/iet-sen.2015.0113, WOS:000395553000004 (ISI)
- Soumaya Louhichi, Mariem Gzara, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah, âUnsupervised varied density-based clustering algorithm using splineâ, Pattern Recognition Letters, Elsevier, Netherlands 93: 48-57 (2017). ISSN: 0167-8655, DOI: 1016/j.patrec.2016.10.014, WOS:000404204100007 (ISI)
- Mariem Haoues, Asma Sellami, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah, âFunctional change impact analysis in use cases: An approach based on COSMIC functional size measurementâ. Science of Computer Programming, Elsevier, Netherlands. vol135: 88-104 (2017). ISSN:01676423, DOI: 1016/j.scico.2016.09.005, WOS:000393267600006 (IS)
- Wiem Khlif, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah, NourchĂšne Elleuch Ben Ayed. âA methodology for the semantic and structural restructuring of BPMN modelsâ. Business Process Management Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK 23(1):16-46 (2017). ISSN: 1463-7154, DOI:10.1108/BPMJ-12-2015-0186, WOS:000395591400002 (ISI)
- Mariem Ben Salem, SaĂŻd Hanafi, Raouia Taktak, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah, âProbabilistic Tabu search with multiple neighborhoods for the Disjunctively Constrained Knapsack Problemâ, RAIRO â Operations Research , EDP Sciences. 51(3):627-637 (2017). ISSN: 0399-0559, DOI: 1051/ro/2016049, WOS:000412095600008 (ISI).
- Salma Ben Jemaa, Mohamed Hammami, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah, âFinger Surfaces Recognition Using Rank Level Fusionâ. Comput. J. 60(7): 969-985 (2017).
- Jihen MaĂązoun, Nadia Bouassida, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah, âChange impact analysis for software product linesâ. Journal of King Saud University â Computer and Information Sciences, Elsevier, 28(4):364-380 (2016). DOI: 1016/j.jksuci.2016.01.005, WOS:000404232200002 (ISI)
- Dhikra Kchaou, Nadia Bouassida, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah, âManaging the Impact of UML Design Changes on Their Consistency and Qualityâ, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 41(8):2863-2881 (2016). ISSN: 1319-8025, DOI: 1007/s13369-016-2040-7, WOS:000378946400008 (ISI)
- Mariem Mefteh, Nadia Bouassida, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âMining feature models from functional requirementsâ. Computer Journal, Oxford University Press, 59(12): 1784-1804 (2016). ISSN: 1460-2067, DOI: 10.1093/comjnl/bxw027, WOS:000397054600003 (IS)
- Fahmi Bargui, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah, Jamel Feki. âA natural language based method for a semi-automatic data mart design and ETL generationâ. Journal of Decision Systems, Taylor & Francis, France, 25(4):309-344 (2016). ISSN: 1246-0125; DOI: 10.1080/12460125.2016.1158066. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/12460125.2016.1158066, WOS:000391088200003 (ISI)
- ImĂšne Issaoui, Nadia Bouassida, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âPredicting the existence of design patterns based on semantics and metricsâ. International Arab Journal of Information Technology, 13(2): 310-319 (Mars 2016). ISSN: 1683-3198, WOS:000373246500013 (ISI)
- Khouloud Boukadi, Rima Grati, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âToward the automation of a QoS-driven SLA establishment in the Cloudâ. Service Oriented Computing and Applications, Springer UK, 10(3):279-302, (2016), ISSN: 1863-2386, DOI:10.1007/s11761-015-0187-9, WOS:000387082000005 (ISI)
- Salma Kammoun Jarraya, Mohamed Hammami, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âAdaptive moving shadow detection and removal by new semi-supervised learning techniqueâ. Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer US, 75(18):10949â10977 (2016). ISSN:1380-7501, DOI:10.1007/s11042-015-2818-8 (ISI)
- Nadia Bouassida, Salma Jammouci, Ahmed Msaed, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âAn Interactive Design Pattern Selection Methodâ. Journal of Universal Computer Science, Springer Verlag, Germany 21(13) (2015). ISSN: 0948-695X, DOI:3217/jucs-021-13-1746, WOS:000376441500004 (IS)
- Ali Salem, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âThe Design of Valid Multi-dimensional Star Schemas Assisted by Repair Solutionsâ. Vietnam Journal of Computer Science, Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 2(3):169-179 (2015). ISSN: 2196-8888, DOI:10.1007/s40595-015-0041-1 (DBLP)
- Mouna Rekik, Khouloud Boukadi, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âA decision-making method for business process outsourcing to the cloud based on business motivation model and AHPâ. International Journal of Cloud Computing, 4(1):47-62 (2015), Inderscience Publishers, Switzerland. ISSN:2043-9989, DOI:10.1504/15.67709 (DBLP)
- Asma Sellami, Hela Hakim, Alain Abran, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âA measurement method for sizing the structure of UML sequence diagramsâ. Information and Software Technology, Volume 59, 222â232 (2015). Elsevier, Netherlands, ISSN:0950-5849, DOI:10.1016/j.infsof.2014.11.002, WOS:000349427200013 (ISI)
- ImĂšne Issaoui, Nadia Bouassida, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âA New Approach for Interactive Design Pattern Recommendationâ. Lecture Notes on Software Engineering. 3(3):173-178 (August 2015), IACSIT Press. ISSN:2301-3559, DOI:10.7763/LNSE.2015.V3.185 (indexed DBLP)
- Imen Jaouadi, Raoudha H. Ben Djemaa, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âApproach to Model-Based Development of Context-Aware Applicationâ. Journal of Computer and Communications 03(05):212-219 (May 2015), Scientific Research Publishing, ISSN:2327-5219, DOI:10.4236/jcc.2015.35027
- ImĂšne Issaoui, Nadia Bouassida, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âUsing metric-based filtering to improve design pattern detection approachesâ. Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering, 11(1):39-63, (March 2015), Springer UK. ISSN: 1614-5046, DOI:10.1007/s11334-014-0241-3, WOS:000357527900004 (ISI, top 28%)
- Akil Elkamel, Mariem Gzara, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. âA Bio-inspired Hierarchical Clustering Algorithm with Backtracking Strategyâ. Applied Intelligence. 42(2):174-194 (2015), Springer US. ISSN:0924-669X. DOI:10.1007/s10489-014-0573-6, WOS:000349547300003 (ISI)
Journal and Book Edition
- Jamel Feki, HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah. QualitĂ© des EntrepĂŽts de DonnĂ©es : Conception et Manipulation, revue IngĂ©nierie des SystĂšmes dâInformation, RSTI SĂ©rie ISI, 16:6, November-December 2011.
- HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah, Azedine Boulmakoul, Omar Boussaid, Jamel Feki, Faiez Gargouri. Les SystĂšmes DĂ©cisionnels: ThĂ©orie et Pratique. 2010 (ISBN: 978-9973-9900-2-0).
- HanĂȘne Ben-Abdallah, Jamel Feki. EntrepĂŽts de DonnĂ©es et Analyse en ligne, Revue des Nouvelles Technologies de lâInformation (RNTI), Ed. CĂ©paduĂšs, vol. n° B-6, 2010 (reference : 942, ISBN : 978-2854-2894-2-8).
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