This comprehensive text explains the principles and practice of Web services and relates all concepts to practical examples and emerging standards. Its discussions include:
Ontologies
Semantic web technologies
Peer-to-peer service discovery
Service selection
Web structure and link analysis
Distributed transactions
Process modelling
Consistency management.
The application of these technologies is clearly explained within the context of planning, negotiation, contracts, compliance, privacy, and network...
This comprehensive text explains the principles and practice of Web services and relates all concepts to practical examples and emerging standards. It...
The world of agents comprises a broad range of intelligent programs that perform specific tasks on behalf of their users. Agents are distinguished from other types of software by their status as independent entities capable of completing complex assignments without intervention, rather than as tools that must be manipulated by a user. Largely the province of speculation before the early 1990s, agent research has flourished since the advent of the Internet, which has created an ideal operating environment. This important collection unifies the extensive recent literature on agent...
The world of agents comprises a broad range of intelligent programs that perform specific tasks on behalf of their users. Agents are distinguished fro...
This book presents the latest research on the software crowdsourcing approach to develop large and complex software in a cloud-based platform. It develops the fundamental principles, management organization and processes, and a cloud-based infrastructure to support this new software development approach. The book examines a variety of issues in software crowdsourcing processes, including software quality, costs, diversity of solutions, and the competitive nature of crowdsourcing processes. Furthermore, the book outlines a research roadmap of this emerging field, including all the key...
This book presents the latest research on the software crowdsourcing approach to develop large and complex software in a cloud-based platform. It d...
This book presents the latest research on the software crowdsourcing approach to develop large and complex software in a cloud-based platform. It develops the fundamental principles, management organization and processes, and a cloud-based infrastructure to support this new software development approach. The book examines a variety of issues in software crowdsourcing processes, including software quality, costs, diversity of solutions, and the competitive nature of crowdsourcing processes. Furthermore, the book outlines a research roadmap of this emerging field, including all the key...
This book presents the latest research on the software crowdsourcing approach to develop large and complex software in a cloud-based platform. It d...
