The goal of service oriented architectures (SOAs) is to enable the creation of business
applications through the automatic discovery and composition of independently developed …

This book starts with an introduction to process modeling and process paradigms, then
explains how to query and analyze process models, and how to analyze the process …

As the Web service paradigm gains popularity for its promise to transform the way business
is conducted, the number of deployed Web services grows with a fast rate. While …

We introduce the novel continuous regularizer total curvature (TC) for images u: Ω→ ℝ. It is
defined as the Menger-Melnikov curvature of the Radon measure| Du|, which can be …

Augmenting web services with explicit semantics forms the foundation of Service Oriented
Architectures (SOAs) automation. As more and more Semantic Web Services (SWSs) are …

The success of the Web Service (WS) paradigm has led to a proliferation of available WSs,
which are advertised in WS registries. While sophisticated semantic WS discovery …

Abstract Quality of Service (QoS) once defined in a contract between two parties may
change during the life-cycle of Service-Based Applications (SBAs). Changes could be due to …

Abstract Requirements of Service Based Applications (SBAs) tend to change during the life
cycle of the service. Therefore, adaptation and evolution of services become a necessity in …

As government agencies and business become more dependent on web services, software
solutions to automate their procurement gain importance. Current approaches for …

Web service evaluation is a phase of the Web service selection in which discovered Web
services are evaluated with respect to user request, which means that the non functional …