1. Web services integration in multi-agent systems / Davide Guidi, Mauro Gaspari, Giuseppe Profiti -- 2. Extending the JADE framework for semantic peer-to-peer service based applications / Agostino Poggi, Michele Tomaiuolo -- 3. Adaptive ensemble multi-agent based intrusion detection model /...

"This book presents the emerging fields of service intelligence and service science, positioning them as the most promising directions for the evolution of service computing, demonstrating the critical role such areas play in supporting service computing processes"--Provided by publisher.

"Detailing the functions, issues and trends of service composition, this book offers the most relevant research and models pertaining to the design and maturity of semantic use"--Provided by publisher.

"This book collects a complete set of studies addressing the security and dependability challenges of Web services and the development of protocols to meet them. Encompassing a complete range of topics including specifications for message level security, transactions, and identity management, it...

1. Web engineering : introduction and perspectives / San Murugesan, Athula Ginige -- 2. Augmented WebHelix : a practical process for Web engineering / Nary Subramanian, George Whitson -- 3. Model-centric architecting process / Tony C. Shan, Winnie W. Hua -- 4. Architecture, specification, and...

The Internet is already more widely deployed than any other computing system in history and continues to grow rapidly. New technologies, including high speed wide area network and improved software support for distribution, promise to make the Internet much more useful for general purpose...

A web portal is a special web site designed to act as a gateway giving convenient access to other related sites. This book investigates the various types of portals and describes how they can be used in business applications. After considering the nature of portals, the book describes the first...

This book provides an excellent overview of current research and development activities, while covering an extensive range of topics including ontological modeling, enterprise systems, querying and knowledge discovery, and a wide range of applications. Each chapter contains a thorough study of...

This book provides researchers, scholars, and practitioners in a variety of settings essential up-to-date research in this demanding field, addressing issues such as communication applications using Web services; Semantic services computing; discovery, modeling, performance, and enhancements of...

Many techniques, algorithms, protocols and tools have been developed in the different aspects of cyber-security, namely, authentication, access control, availability, integrity, privacy, confidentiality and non-repudiation as they apply to both networks and systems. Web Services Security and...