With the emergence of Web 2.0 and the related technologies, composing services has left
the traditional frontiers of enterprises. In fact, end-users need to use a certain kind of …

To effectively cope with the complexity of manufacturing control problems the cyber-physical
systems are engineered to work in the social space. Therefore the research in the field of …

The global scale and distribution of companies have changed the economy and dynamics of
businesses. Web-based collaborations and cross-organizational processes typically require …

Crowdsourcing is a promising approach for enterprises to maintain a flexible workforce that
is able to solve parts of business processes formerly processed in-house. Companies …

Crowdsourcing (CS) is the outsourcing of a unit of work to a crowd of people via an open call
for contributions. Thanks to the availability of online CS platforms, such as Amazon …

Social computing is perceived mainly as a vehicle for establishing and maintaining private
relationships and thus lacks mainstream adoption in enterprises. Collaborative computing …

Systems engineering (SE) is experiencing a significant expansion that encompasses
increasingly complex systems. However, a common body of knowledge on how to apply …

At a fundamental level, service-oriented crowdsourcing applies the principles of service-
oriented architecture (SOA) to the discovery, composition and selection of a scalable human …

Blending computational and social elements into software has gained significant attention in
key conferences and journals. In this context," Social Machines" appears as a promising …

In diesem Papier erläutern wir einige Probleme der Komponierung, Konfiguration und
Adaptierung von heterogenen Software-Komponenten. Einige bekannte Pattern können …