Agent-Based Service-Oriented Computing

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Griffiths, Nathan (Editor), Chao, Kuo-Ming (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2010.
• Series: Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing
• Subjects: Computer science.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Computer programming.; Software engineering.; Computers.; Artificial intelligence.; Management information systems.; Computer Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Programming Techniques.; IT in Business.; Models and Principles.; Software Engineering.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.

Distributed software systems are becoming evermore prevalent, and we increasingly desire them to operate in heterogeneous, dynamic, and open environments. Service-oriented computing (SOC) has emerged over recent years as a successful approach for building and maintaining such systems. However, as th...

Table of Contents:

• Service Advertisement and Discovery
• Multi-Agent Coordination for Service Composition
• Flexible Workflow Management in Service Oriented Environments
• Semantics for Service-Oriented Architectures
• Dependability in Service-Oriented Computing
• Consensus Issues for Service Advertisement and Selection
• Trust and Reputation
• QoS-Aware Service Selection
• Future Directions.