Web service composition (WSC) offers a range of solutions for rapid creation of complex
applications in advanced service-oriented systems by facilitating the composition of already …

Efficient management of service level agreements which specify mutually-agreed
understandings and expectations of service provision has been a subject of research for a …

One of the most significant discussions about service-oriented architectures concerns the
creation of new complex services through the composition, under Quality of Service (QoS) …

Any Web service procurement involves complex negotiations on non-functional
requirements in order to obtain an integrative solution for both the provider and consumer …

In this chapter the research problems of specifying and negotiating QoS and its
corresponding quality documents are analyzed. For this reason, this chapter is separated …

Web service composition is one of the challenging tasks which combine two or more service
together from different service provider. There is no single web service which can satisfy the …

With the widespread adoption of Cloud Computing, the need for trustworthy service
providers becomes more important particularly in medical and health related areas. Service …

Abstract In the Internet of Things (IoT), billions of physical devices connecting over the
Internet provide a near real-time state of the world in a service-oriented way. The demand …

Cloud providers nowadays are required to form a federation of clouds to remain competitive
and gain share in the cloud service market. This provision is governed by service level …

Automated negotiation is an important mechanism of interaction between software agents
and has been an active research area for more than a decade. When the automated …