Abstract Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) has gained considerable popularity for the
development of distributed enterprise-wide applications within the software industry. The …

The Internet needs to provide the diversified functions and services beyond simple packet
forwarding for different network applications. It calls for supporting different communication …

The provision of IT solutions over electronic marketplaces became prominent in recent
years. We call such marketplaces IT service markets. IT service markets have some core …

Abstract Internet of Things (IoT) connects billions of devices in an Internet-like structure.
Each device encapsulated as a real-world service which provides functionality and …

In the future vision of software engineering, services from world-wide markets are composed
automated in order to build custom-made systems. Supporting such scenarios requires an …

With the emergence of various types of network applications, the user communication
requirements for them are becoming more and more diversified and personalized. In order …

Today, software components are provided by global markets in the form of services. In order
to optimally satisfy service requesters and service providers, adequate techniques for …

Abstract Service matching approaches determine to what extent a provided service matches
a requester's requirements. This process is based on service specifications describing …

The growing supply of Internet-connected resources, often providing more than one service,
add complexity to the procedures for discovering, classifying, and selecting the most …

Service requesters with limited technical knowledge should be able to compare services
based on their quality of service (QoS) requirements in cloud service marketplaces. Existing …