With the new middleware IT technologies such as Web Services and peer-to-peer computing facilities, a Virtual Enterprise can be built easier achieving some problems of interoperabi...
Abstract. Internet users are becoming increasingly concerned about their personal information being collected and used by Web service providers. They want to ensure that it is stor...
SweetDeal is a rule-based approach to representation of business contracts that enables software agents to create, evaluate, negotiate, and execute contracts with substantial auto...
Web/Gridservices'metadataandsemanticsarebecomingincreasingimportantforservicesharing and effective reuse. In this paper we present a generic framework for engineering and man...
Liming Chen, Nigel R. Shadbolt, Carole A. Goble, F...
Visual programming approaches are limited in their usefulness if they do not include a profile of their users that defines exactly who is attempting to solve what kind of problems...