The WSLA Framework: Specifying and Monitoring Service Level Agreements for Web Services

Journal of Network and Systems Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-81

  Keller, Alexander ^a   Ludwig, Heiko ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic contracts; Service Level Agreements; Service management; Web Services; WSLA

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CONTRACTS; SERVICE MANAGEMENT; WEB SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS (WSLA);

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; WORLD WIDE WEB; XML;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 0347621639     PISSN: 10647570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022445108617     Document Type: Article

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