This paper concerns the problem of identity management in modern Web-2.0-based mashup applications. Identity management supports convenient access to information when mashups are ...
A major challenge within open markets is the ability to satisfy service demand with an adequate supply of service providers, especially when such demand may be volatile due to cha...
Mariusz Jacyno, Seth Bullock, Michael Luck, Terry ...
This paper addresses decentralized multi-project scheduling under uncertainty. The problem instance we study is the scheduling of airport ground handling services, where aircraft ...
—During the last years next generation networks (NGNs) have gained attention, as an increasing number of network operators moved toward triple-play services: telephony, Internet ...
Abstract—Resource management is a key challenge that service providers must adequately face in order to ensure their profitability. This paper describes a proof-of-concept frame...
—Personal data is a valuable asset for service providers. To collect such data, free services are offered to users, for whom the risk of loosing privacy by subscribing to a servi...
Harold van Heerde, Maarten M. Fokkinga, Nicolas An...
: Service Discovery as an essential element in pervasive computing environments is widely accepted. Much active research on service discovery has been conducted, but privacy has be...
In pervasive computing environments, service discovery facilitates users to access network services by automating tedious manual configurations. When network services becomes perv...
Dynamically creating new, composite services "on the fly" using existing ones in a local interaction environment (e.g. a home, meeting room, airport lounge, etc.) presen...