This paper presents a formal notation for modelling asynchronous web services composition, using context and coordination mechanisms. Our notation specifies the messages that can b...
Many object-oriented software applications contain implicit business rules. Although there exist many approaches that advocate the separation of rules, the rules' connections ...
Postponement or delayed product differentiation has been identified as a key strategy to manage increasing demand uncertainty. The benefits of postponement arise out of the abil...
As the IT industry is becoming more and more interested in service oriented business models and upcoming technologies like Web Services or Grid Computing, the need for automated c...
An extensive literature research in the fields of IT and business science reveals that service-related terms as service and e-service have multiple interpretations within busines...