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International Journal of Web and Grid Services

International Journal of Web and Grid Services (IJWGS)

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International Journal of Web and Grid Services (One paper in press)

Special Issue on: Emerging Technology in Big Data, AI, and Green Learning Driving Towards Sustainable Web Service Development

  • Optimality and Scalability of Semantic Web Service Composition with Hierarchical Parameter Relationship
    by Jung-Woon Yoo 
    Abstract: Semantic web service composition considers semantics for finding better solutions than syntactic web service composition. This paper focuses on hierarchical relationships among parameters of web services. A comprehensive mathematical model for semantic web service composition, into which hierarchical parameter relationships are incorporated, is presented as a general mathematical formulation. Experimental results demonstrate that the mathematical model for semantic composition finds hidden and better solutions that syntactic composition cannot find. The optimality of the solutions is empirically verified through extensive experiments. Furthermore, the scalability of the model is tested by comprehensive experiments to explore the impacts of eight key factors on web service composition. The mathematical model and the provided data sets are expected to serve as benchmarking tools for performance evaluation of heuristic algorithms for semantic web service composition. Finally, a web application is presented to visualize the semantic web service composition process, which is developed using the Django framework.
    Keywords: AI Planning; Web Service Composition; Semantics; Parameter Hierarchy; Mathematical Modeling.