Negotiating SLAs-An approach for a generic negotiation framework for WS-agreement

Journal of Grid Computing

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-246

  Hudert, Sebastian ^a   Ludwig, Heiko ^b   Wirtz, Guido ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Negotiation protocols; SLA; WS Agreement

Indexed keywords

MULTI-LATERAL NEGOTIATION PROTOCOLS; NEGOTIATION FRAMEWORKS; NEGOTIATION MODELS; NEGOTIATION PROTOCOLS; SLA; TWO STAGES; WS AGREEMENT;

OCEAN CURRENTS; TAXONOMIES;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

EID: 67349106689     PISSN: 15707873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10723-009-9118-3     Document Type: Article

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