With the rapid development of high-resolution earth observation systems, the data
processing, algorithm design, and system development of remote sensing spatial-temporal …

Most commonly used business process management systems are focused on the control-
flow management. Regarding resource management, the modelling languages mainly focus …

This chapter presents the concept of development and management of SOA applications
within the configurable service platform which supports all phases starting from business …

As more and more business processes are migrated into cloud-based runtimes, there is a
need to manage their state to provide support for quality attributes such as elasticity …

SOA is a popular paradigm for building distributed systems that has gained a great
recognition over past years. There are two main approaches to implementing SOA: SOAP …

As originally conceived, the World-Wide Web was intended for the purpose of sharing
information. Many Web sites realise this aim by publishing pages from a data repository …

In many distributed systems robustness is a major concern since network nodes might fail
spontaneously. Such failures can be a major problem when a workflow needs to be run on a …

In many business applications, workflows are used to describe business processes.
Employees and machines get instructions from a plan (the workflow) to be guided or …

Medicine becomes more and more complex domain. The process from patient registration
through to the provision of the right treatment becomes complex and sophisticated, and any …