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    Grid-based semantic web service discovery model with QoS constraints

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    In this paper, we present a model for grid-based semantic service discovery by combining the expressive power of the present ontology language and the advantages of semantic web techniques. This model is an initial work to support dynamic workflow composition of semantically described services. Our model distinguishes other service discovery models by not only supporting semantic functional matchmaking, but also supporting flexible QoS ranking that differentiates similar services offered by different service providers in grid environments

    Monitoring the quality of service to support the service based system lifecycle

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    Service Oriented Computing (SOC) has been established in the last recent years as a successful paradigm in Software Engineering. The systems built under this paradigm, known as Service Based System (SBS), are composed of several services, which are usually third-party software run by external service providers. SBS rely on these service providers to ensure that their services comply with the agreed Quality of Service (QoS). In contrast to other systems, the dynamic behaviour of SBS requires up-to-date QoS information for its proper management in the different stages of its lifecycle, from their initial construction until their decommission. Providing such QoS information has resulted in different technological solutions built around a monitor. Nonetheless, several research challenges in the field remain still open, ranging from theoretical aspects of quality assurance to architectonical challenges in decentralized monitoring. Based on the current research challenges for service monitoring, the research gaps in which we aim to contribute are twofold: - To investigate on the definition and structure of the different quality factors of services, and provide a framework of common understanding for the definition of what to monitor. - To investigate on the different features required to support the activities of the whole SBS lifecycle (i.e. how to monitor), and develop a monitoring framework that accomplishes such features. As a result of this thesis, we provide: What to monitor - A distribution of the quality models along the time dimension and the identification of their relationships. - An analysis of the size and definition coverage of the proposed quality models. - A quantified coverage of the different ISO/IEC 25010 quality factors given by the proposals. - The identification of the most used quality factors, and provided the most consolidated definitions for them. How to monitor - The elicitation of the requirements of the different activities in the SBS lifecycle. - The definition of the set of features that supports the elicited requirements. - A modular service-oriented monitoring framework, named SALMon, implementing the defined features. SALMon has been validated by including it in several frameworks supporting the different activities of the SBS lifecycle. Finally, we have conducted a performance evaluation of SALMon over real web services.La Computaci贸 Orientada a Serveis (SOC) ha esdevingut en els darrers anys un paradigma exit贸s en el camp de l'Enginyeria del Software. Els sistemes constru茂ts sota aquest paradigma, coneguts com Sistemes Basats en Serveis (SBS), estan composats de diversos serveis, que s贸n, usualment, programari de tercers executats per prove茂dors de serveis externs. Els SBS depenen dels prove茂dors dels serveis per garantir que els serveis compleixen amb la Qualitat del Servei (QoS) acordada. En contrast amb altres sistemes, el comportament din脿mic dels SBS requereix d'informaci贸 actualitzada del QoS per a la correcta administraci贸 de les diferents etapes del cicle de vida dels SBS: des de la seva construcci贸 inicial fins a la seva clausura. Proveir d'aquesta informaci贸 de QoS ha resultat en diferents solucions tecnol貌giques constru茂des al voltant d'un monitor. Malgrat aix貌, diversos reptes de recerca en el camp encara romanen obertes, des d'aspectes te貌rics de l'asseguran莽a de qualitat, a reptes arquitect貌nics en la monitoritzaci贸 descentralitzada. Basat en els reptes de recerca actuals per a la monitoritzaci贸 de serveis, els forats de recerca en els que pretenem contribuir s贸n dobles: - Investigar en la definici贸 i estructura dels diferents factors de qualitat dels serveis, i proveir un marc de treball d'entesa comuna per a la definici贸 de qu猫 monitoritzar. - Investigar en les diferents caracter铆stiques requerides per donar suport a les activitats de tot el cicle de vida dels SBS (i.e. com monitoritzar), i desenvolupar una plataforma de monitoritzaci贸 que acompleixi aquestes caracter铆stiques. Com a resultats de la tesis, prove茂m: Qu猫 monitoritzar - Una distribuci贸 dels models de qualitat al llarg de la dimensi贸 temporal i la identificaci贸 de les seves interrelacions. - Un an脿lisi de la mida i definici贸 de la cobertura dels models de qualitat proposats. - Una cobertura quantificada dels diferents factors de qualitat ISO/IEC 25010 donat en les diferents propostes. - La identificaci贸 dels factors de qualitat m茅s utilitzats, i la definici贸 dels termes m茅s consolidats. Com monitoritzar - L'elicitaci贸 dels requeriments per a les diferents activitats en el cicle de vida dels SBS. - La definici贸 del conjunt de caracter铆stiques que donen suport als requeriments elicitats. - Una platforma modular orientada a serveis, anomenat SALMon, que implementa les caracter铆stiques definides. SALMon ha estatvalidat incloent la plataforma en diversos marcs de treball donant suport a les diferents activitat
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