Service Research Challenges and Solutions for the Future Internet: S-Cube - Towards Engineering, Managing and Adapting Service-Based Systems - Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2010 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references.; Also available online. Table of Contents: The S-Cube Research Vision.- Business Process Management.- Service Composition.- Architectures & Infrastructure.- Adaptation of Service-Based Systems.- Modeling and Negotiating Service Quality.- Analytical Quality Assurance.- Service Engineering.- Architecture Views Illustrating the Service Automation Aspect of SOA. Publisher Marketing: S-Cube s Foundations for the Internet of Services Today s Internet is standing at a crossroads. The Internet has evolved from a source of information to a critical infrastructure which underpins our lives and economies. The demand for more multimedia content, more interconnected devices, more users, a richer user experience, services available any time and anywhere increases the pressure on existing networks and service platforms. The Internet needs a fundamental rearrangement to be ready to meet future needs. One of the areas of research for the Future Internet is the Internet of S- vices, a vision of the Internet where everything (e. g., information, software, platforms and infrastructures) is available as a service. Services available on the Internet of Services can be used by anyone (if they are used according to the policies de?ned by the provider) and they can be extended with new services by anyone. Advantages of the Internet of Services include the p- sibility to build upon other people s e?orts and the little investment needed upfront to develop an application. The risk involved in pursuing new business ideas is diminished, and might lead to more innovative ideas being tried out in practice. It will lead to the appearance of new companies that are able to operate in niche areas, providing services to other companies that will be able to focus on their core business."

Contributor Bio:  Pohl, Klaus Klaus Pohl holds a full professorship for Software Systems Engineering at the Institute for Computer Science and Business Information Systems (ICB) at University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany and an adjunct-professorship at the University of Limerick, Ireland. From 2005 to 2007 he acted as the funding scientific director of Lero, the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre. He received his Ph. D. and his habilitation in computer science from RWTH Aachen, Germany. Pohl is author/coauthor of more than 250 peer-reviewed publications as well as several textbooks. As a consultant, assessor, and expert, he supports reputable companies, research institutions, and public funded research programs. Contributor Bio:  Parkin, Michael Textbook author.