Persistent distributed data structures to simplify cluster-based Internet services

Web services are gaining popularity for supporting reusable business processes across distributed and heterogeneous environments. Current Web services are understood as taking inputs, executing their internal logic, and delivering outputs. When outputs ...

Service descriptions play a crucial role in Service-oriented Computing (SOC), especially with respect to service discovery and selection, service composition, and service replacement. Service providers have been the primary source of these descriptions, ...

Cooperation among enterprises plays more and more important roles for meeting various customized demands and fast-changing market environment. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is an effective approach of integrating resources across enterprises. Web ...