Service-Oriented Computing by Munindar P. Singh, Michael N. H... - 9780470091487

Service-Oriented ComputingSemantics, Processes, Agents\nAuthor(s): Munindar P. Singh, Michael N. Huhns\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc\nISBN-13: 9780470091487, 978-0470091487\nSynopsis\nThis comprehensive textexplains the principles and practice of Web services and relates all concepts to practical examples and emerging standards. Its discussions include:\n\nOntologies\nSemantic web technologies\nPeer-to-peer service discovery\nService selection\nWeb structure and link analysis\nDistributed transactions\nProcess modelling\nConsistency management.\n\n Theapplication of these technologiesis clearly explainedwithin the context ofplanning, negotiation, contracts, compliance, privacy, and network policies. Thepresentation ofthe intellectual underpinnings of Web services draws from several key disciplines such as databases, distributed computing, artificial intelligence, and multi-agent systems for techniques and fo.