The Service-Oriented Computing (SOC) paradigm promotes the use of basic composition units – services – to support the rapid development of distributed applications. Service co...
Existing and upcoming distributed multimedia applications require highly diverse services to satisfy their communication needs. Service integrated communication systems should be c...
We propose a formal definition of a pervasive service model targeting the very dynamic environments typical of mobile application scenarios. The model is based on a requirement an...
The design of Interactive TV services is in an experimental phase. The design of these services needs a more structured approach that enables the actors involved to cooperate and ...
There exists a growing class of distributed applications that require adaptive middleware services, i.e., services that are able to monitor changes in the execution environment an...