Increasingly, software systems should self-adapt to satisfy new requirements and
environmental conditions that may arise after deployment. Due to their high complexity …

Standardization in Web services simplifies integration. However, it does not remove the
need for adapters due to possible heterogeneity among service interfaces and protocols. In …

A key aspect of resource management is efficient and effective deployment of available
resources whenever needed. The issue typically covers two areas: monitoring of resources …

The evolution of a software framework may invalidate existing plugins-modules that used
one of its previous versions. To preserve binary compatibility (ie, plugins will link and run …

Front cover--Titelseite--Impressum--Abstract--Zusammenfassung--Acknowledgements--
Table of Contents--List of Figures--List of Tables--Part I: Background--1 Introduction--1.1 …

The rapid growth of online Web services has led to the proliferation of functionality-wise
equivalent services with differences in their descriptions and behaviors, and therefore has …

Reuse of software entities such as components or Web services raise composition issues
since, most of the time, they present mismatches in their interfaces. These mismatches may …

Abstract Service-oriented computing (SOC) increases flexibility of IT systems and helps
enterprises to meet their changing needs. Different methods address changing requirements …

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) promotes the utilization of available services to develop
completely new applications in a context which has not been foreseen as these services …

As applications grow in size and complexity, and computing infrastructure continues to
evolve, it becomes increasingly difficult to build a system that satisfies all requirements and …