The interface definition of a component in a distributed system forms the contract between the component itself and its neighbouring components regarding the use of its services....
Achieving high dependability of Web Services (WSs) dynamically composed from component WSs is an open problem. One of the main difficulties here is due to the fact that the compone...
Anatoliy Gorbenko, Vyacheslav S. Kharchenko, Peter...
Web Services (WSs) are the W3C-endorsed realization of the Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Since they are supposed to be implementation-neutral, WSs are typically tested blac...
Digital Preservation deals with the long-term storage, access, and maintenance of digital data objects. In order to prevent a loss of information, digital libraries and archives a...
Services such as audio/video streaming, advertising, and software distribution can be delivered much more efficiently by Network Service Providers if multicast data distribution i...
Anil Kumar Venkataiahgari, J. William Atwood, Mour...