Scientific workflow systems have become a necessary tool for many applications, enabling
the composition and execution of complex analysis on distributed resources. Today there …

Modern scientific collaborations have opened up the opportunity to solve complex problems
that require both multidisciplinary expertise and large-scale computational experiments …

In advanced service oriented systems, complex applications, described as abstract business
processes, can be executed by invoking a number of available Web services. End users can …

The purpose of this paper is to understand the key issues faced by supply chain (SC),
current strategies and trends of this field, understand IT technical issues and implication for …

Research process automation–the reliable, efficient, and reproducible execution of linked
sets of actions on scientific instruments, computers, data stores, and other resources–has …

EMV, also known as" Chip and PIN", is the leading system for card payments worldwide. It is
used throughout Europe and much of Asia, and is starting to be introduced in North America …

If an organization depends on the service quality provided by another organization it often
enters into a bilateral service level agreement (SLA), which mitigates outsourcing risks by …

The wide availability of high‐performance computing systems, Grids and Clouds, allowed
scientists and engineers to implement more and more complex applications to access and …

BPEL is the de facto standard for business process modeling in today's enterprises and is a
promising candidate for the integration of business and Grid applications. Current BPEL …

Service-oriented architecture has offered an opportunity to quickly and independently
develop new business applications from the existing services. Given that many services are …