The typical workload in a database system consists of a mixture of multiple queries of different types, running concurrently and interacting with each other. Hence, optimizing per...
Service Level Agreements (SLAs) define the level of service that a service provider must deliver. An SLA is a contract between service provider and consumer, and includes appropri...
Tony Chau, Vinod Muthusamy, Hans-Arno Jacobsen, El...
Web service development and usage has shifted from simple information processing services to high-value business services that are crucial to productivity and success. In order to...
Abstract. A Web Service is commonly not an independent software entity, but plays a role in some business process. Hence, it depends on the services provided by external Web Servic...
Antonia Bertolino, Guglielmo De Angelis, Lars Fran...
Trust is a sine qua non for trade. According to transaction cost economics, a contract always offers some opportunity to defect. In the case of asymmetric product information, wher...
Gert Jan Hofstede, Catholijn M. Jonker, Tim Verwaa...