Composite web services are defined using the industry-standard language BPEL (Business Process Execution Logic). There is a strong need for graphical and automated support for th...
Although conceived for web services, it is shown how BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) can be used to orchestrate a collection of grid services. This is achieved using th...
SweetDeal is a rule-based approach to representation of business contracts that enables software agents to create, evaluate, negotiate, and execute contracts with substantial auto...
Service-based approaches are widely used to integrate heterogenous systems. Web services allow for the definition of highly dynamic systems where components (services) can be dis...
While a lot of work has been done on the problem of the automated generation of plans that compose web services, the problem of monitoring their execution has still to be investig...
Fabio Barbon, Paolo Traverso, Marco Pistore, Miche...