In an environment of constant change and variation driven by competition and innovation, a
software service can rarely remain stable. Being able to manage and control the evolution of …

Modern computer systems may comprise many interacting entities such as Software
components, hardware components, files or services for instance. The entities may work …

In this paper, we propose a holistic solution for the security management of the Internet of
Things (IoT) devices. Following the “security-by-design” principle, we propose …

Service evolution is the process of maintaining and evolving existing Web services to cater
for new requirements and technological changes. In this paper, a service evolution model is …

Software services are subject to constant change and variation. To control service
development, a service developer needs to know why a change was made, what are its …

Various computing components (such as devices, operating environments, and processes)
may communicate by exchang ing instances of a data collection, such as a class or data …

Service evolution is a critical issue because even small changes, if not compatible, can
potentially affect a huge number of client applications. However, particularly in the context of …

A major advantage of Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) is composition and coordination
of loosely coupled services. Because the development lifecycles of services and clients are …

Abstract In a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), the need for service evolution comes from
service providers and their clients due to changes in requirements and environments …

Service retrieval holds a central role during the development of Web services and Service-
Based Applications (SBAs). The higher the number of available services, the more complex …