A model-driven method for describing and predicting the reliability of composite services

Software and Systems Modeling

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-280

  Bocciarelli, Paolo ^a   D'Ambrogio, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BPEL; Model driven prediction; QoS; Service oriented architecture; UML; WSDL

Indexed keywords

BPEL; MODEL-DRIVEN PREDICTION; QOS; UML; WSDL;

FORECASTING; INFORMATION SERVICES; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RELIABILITY; SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA); TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 79955480530     PISSN: 16191366     EISSN: 16191374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10270-010-0150-3     Document Type: Article

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