Generating and Instantiating Abstract Workflows with QoS User Requirements

Claudia Di Napoli, Luca Sabatucci, Massimo Cossentino, Silvia Rossi

2017

Abstract

The growing availability of services accessible through the network makes it possible to build complex applications resulting from their composition that are usually characterized also by non-functional properties, known as Quality of Service (QoS). To exploit the full potential of service technology, automatic QoS-based composition of services is crucial. In this work a framework for automatic service composition is presented that relies on planning and service negotiation techniques for addressing both functional and non-functional requirements. The proposed approach allows for dynamic service composition and QoS attributes, and it can be applied when services are provided in the contest of a competitive market of service providers without knowledge disclosure.

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Di Napoli C., Sabatucci L., Cossentino M. and Rossi S. (2017). Generating and Instantiating Abstract Workflows with QoS User Requirements . In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-758-219-6, pages 276-283. DOI: 10.5220/0006203902760283


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@conference{icaart17,
author={Claudia Di Napoli and Luca Sabatucci and Massimo Cossentino and Silvia Rossi},
title={Generating and Instantiating Abstract Workflows with QoS User Requirements},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,},
year={2017},
pages={276-283},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006203902760283},
isbn={978-989-758-219-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,
TI - Generating and Instantiating Abstract Workflows with QoS User Requirements
SN - 978-989-758-219-6
AU - Di Napoli C.
AU - Sabatucci L.
AU - Cossentino M.
AU - Rossi S.
PY - 2017
SP - 276
EP - 283
DO - 10.5220/0006203902760283