Apart from mobile cellular networks, IEEE 802.11-based wireless local area networks
(WLANs) represent the most widely deployed wireless networking technology. With the …

Abstract Service-oriented computing is now acknowledged as a central paradigm for Internet
computing, supported by tremendous research and technology development over the last 10 …

QoS-aware service composition is a key requirement in Service Oriented Computing (SOC)
since it enables fulfilling complex user tasks while meeting Quality of Service (QoS) …

The smarter homes of tomorrow promise to increase comfort, aid elderly and disabled
people, and help inhabitants save energy. Unfortunately, smart homes today are far from this …

This open access book explores the dataspace paradigm as a best-effort approach to data
management within data ecosystems. It establishes the theoretical foundations and …

To share Knowledge coming from disparate and heterogeneous environments, we propose
the use of semantic Web services to provide a common Knowledge format and meaning …

Abstract Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) is one of the most recent trends in IT solutions.
From a technical perspective SOA, can be considered a method for designing and …

In recent years, service-oriented computing has been successfully adopted by the industry
and used in numerous projects. This raises however new challenges, especially with …

CONTEXT: The environment in which the system operates, its context, is variable. The
autonomous ability of a software to adapt to context has to be planned since the …

With the steadily growing number of service providers the competition becomes more and
more intense. In order to find a distinctive edge over other competitors, automatic service …