Autonomic resource provisioning for software business processes

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-80

  Pautasso, Cesare ^a   Heinis, Thomas ^a   Alonso, Gustavo ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autonomic computing; Distributed business process execution engines; Service oriented architectures; Web service composition

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; AUTOMATION; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; USER INTERFACES;

ARTIFACTS; AUTONOMIC COMPUTING; AUTONOMIC RESOURCE PROVISIONING; DISTRIBUTED BUSINESS PROCESS EXECUTION ENGINES;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33845978396     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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