Framework for Semantic Web process composition

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 71-106

  Sivashanmugam, Kaarthik ^a,b   Miller, John A ^c,d   Sheth, Amit P ^a,c   Verma, Kunal ^e,f  

^a LSDIS Lab   (United States)

^b Semagix Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^e University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

Semantic process templates; Semantic Web process; Semantic Web service discovery; Web services composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644274802     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10864415.2005.11044325     Document Type: Article

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