SLAng is an XML language for defining service level agreements, the part of a contract
between the client and provider of an Internet service that describes the quality attributes …

Component-based software development is being identified as the emerging method of
developing complex applications consisting of heterogeneous systems. Although more …

In a service-oriented system, a quality (or Quality of Service) model is used (i) by service
requesters to specify the expected quality levels of service delivery;(ii) by service providers …

Due to its major advantages, service-oriented architecture (SOA) has been adopted in
various distributed systems, such as web services, grid computing systems, utility computing …

En este trabajo se presenta un análisis, centrado en la calidad de datos y servicios
geográficos, asumiendo que la aproximación habitual a la calidad de datos debe ser …

Component‐based software development offers a promising solution for taming the
complexity found in today's distributed applications. Today's and future distributed software …

Frequently, the software development for large-scale distributed systems requires combining
components that adhere to different object models. One solution for the integration of …

We present an approach towards automatic component assembly based on aspect-oriented
generative domain modeling. It involves the lifecycle covering the component specification …

The consideration of non-functional properties in the component-oriented approach to
software development is important for its success. The COMQUAD project defines a system …

Programs for massively parallel SIMD computers are difficult to write, understand, and
debug—much more so than serial programs running on a conventional computer. The …