—The IT domain has considerably evolved, users are now surrounded with cheaper and more powerful terminals than ever. Mobile and fixed devices connected to high-speed network tec...
All the new emerging QoS service architectures are motivated by the desire to improve the overall performance of IP networks. Integrated Services (Intserv), Differentiated Service...
The backup of large data sets is preferably performed automatically outside of regular working hours. In highly structured computer networks, however, faults and exceptions may rel...
Under the environment of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), service users have to decide how to choose the proper provider from the candidates to obtain optimal service level. Th...
—Recently, there has been a proliferation of service-based systems, i.e. software systems that are composed of autonomous services, but can also use software code. In order to su...