Outsourcing of complex IT infrastructure to IT service providers has increased substantially during the past years. IT service providers must be able to fulfil their service-qualit...
In recent years, while search engines have become more and more powerful, several specialized search engines have been developed for different domains (e.g. library services, serv...
In service-oriented environments, the fluidity of the marketplace introduces changes in service offerings and subsequent connection failures for users still bound to outdated serv...
M. Brian Blake, Amy Lynn Sliva, Michael zur Muehle...
Abstract. Dependable performance measurement is a common requirement for all on-line services. The ongoing tendency to outsource not only infrastructure, but also software parts to...
Sensor networks consist of a potentially huge number of very small and resource limited self-organizing devices. Those devices offer different services and use services provided b...