A large number of distributed applications requires continuous and timely processing of
information as it flows from the periphery to the center of the system. Examples include …

Abstract Service-oriented architectures (SOA) is an emerging approach that addresses the
requirements of loosely coupled, standards-based, and protocol-independent distributed …

In recent years, monitoring the compliance of business processes with relevant regulations,
constraints, and rules during runtime has evolved as major concern in literature and …

Service-based systems that are dynamically composed at runtime to provide complex,
adaptive functionality are currently one of the main development paradigms in software …

Service-Oriented Computing (SOC) is a new computing paradigm that utilizes services as
the basic constructs to support the development of rapid, low-cost and easy composition of …

Models can help software engineers to reason about design-time decisions before
implementing a system. This paper focuses on models that deal with non-functional …

Unpredictable changes continuously affect software systems and may have a severe impact
on their quality of service, potentially jeopardizing the system's ability to meet the desired …

A top-down page segmentation technique known as the recursive XY cut decomposes a
document image recursively into a set of rectangular blocks. This paper proposes that the …

Future software systems will operate in a highly dynamic world. Systems will need to operate
correctly despite of unespected changes in factors such as environmental conditions, user …

Abstract Testing of Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) plays a critical role in ensuring a
successful deployment in any enterprise. SOA testing must span several levels, from …