Trust is a concept that has been used in computing to support better decision making. For example, trust can be used in access control. Trust can also be used to support service selection. Although certain elements of trust such as reputation has gained widespread acceptance, a general model of...

The initial hype about service-oriented architecture (SOA) is over, and it seems that it is not the next revolutionary step after centralized architectures. On the other hand, the paradigm may still be of use for financial services institutions (FSIs). <p> Lack of consequence in some recent SOA...</p>

Starting from the non-linear single factorial models, authors approach the linear regression model topic, by explicating the parameter estimation methodology, test of properties for the estimators of the regression model and the conditions for the use of regression in forecasting. The...