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

As computing infrastructure expands, resource management in a large, heterogeneous, and
distributed environment becomes a challenging task. In a cloud environment, with …

ABSTRACT The World Wide Web as the largest information construct has had much
progress since its advent. This paper provides a background of the evolution of the web from …

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 …

We introduce RATEWeb, a framework for establishing trust in service-oriented
environments. RATEWeb supports a cooperative model in which Web services share their …

Existing research recognizes the critical role of quality data in the current big-data and
Internet of Things (IoT) era. Quality data has a direct impact on model results and hence …

Self-protecting software systems are a class of autonomic systems capable of detecting and
mitigating security threats at runtime. They are growing in importance, as the stovepipe static …

Nowadays, due to the fast growth of the number of web services with the same
functionalities, the selection of the best services becomes a tricky task. Therefore, to provide …

This paper discusses the quality of service (QoS)-aware composition of Web services. The
work is based on the assumption that for each task in a workflow a set of alternative Web …