Title: Applying open grid computing to quality-aware web service composition

Authors: Hsun-Ming Lee, Mayur R. Mehta, Yu-Liang Chi, Chung-Yang Chen

Addresses: Department of Computer Information Systems & Quantitative Methods, Texas State University - San Marcos San Marcos, Texas, USA. ' Department of Computer Information Systems & Quantitative Methods Texas State University - San Marcos San Marcos, Texas, USA. ' Department of Information Management Chung Yuan Christian University Chung Li, Taiwan. ' Department of Information Management National Central University Tao-Yuan, Taiwan

Abstract: This paper presents a framework that addresses the problem of application reliability in service-oriented virtual enterprises. The aim of the framework is to build composite web services by connecting distributed service providers that offer homogeneous or heterogeneous web services. The proposed framework enhances service quality by applying grid computing standard technologies to manage the lifecycles of computing resources, improve service performance, and extend the service orientation and collaboration goals of composite web services. Given the model of a web services composition, computing plans are designed using the framework to create service components in an Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA) system.

Keywords: composite web services; standards; virtual enterprises; grid computing; quality of service; QoS; application reliability; open systems.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSS.2008.019045

International Journal of Services and Standards, 2008 Vol.4 No.3, pp.322 - 343

Published online: 27 Jun 2008 *

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