5th International ICST Conference on COMmunication System softWAre and middlewaRE

Research Article

Composite service adaptation: a QoS-driven approach

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1145/2016551.2016559,
        author={Mario Henrique Cruz Torres and Tom Holvoet},
        title={Composite service adaptation: a QoS-driven approach},
        proceedings={5th International ICST Conference on COMmunication System softWAre and middlewaRE},
        publisher={ACM},
        proceedings_a={COMSWARE},
        year={2012},
        month={3},
        keywords={orchestration qos services middleware},
        doi={10.1145/2016551.2016559}
    }
    
  • Mario Henrique Cruz Torres
    Tom Holvoet
    Year: 2012
    Composite service adaptation: a QoS-driven approach
    COMSWARE
    ACM
    DOI: 10.1145/2016551.2016559
Mario Henrique Cruz Torres1,*, Tom Holvoet1
  • 1: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
*Contact email: mario.cruztorres@cs.kuleuven.be

Abstract

Nowadays it is possible to design and execute complex service orchestrations using standardized languages, such as Business Process Execution Language (BPEL). Even more, there are (open and closed source) tools capable of executing and monitoring service orchestrations using those languages. What is still lacking, however, is proper software support to maintain the desired quality of service (QoS) of the composite services, that are created using such orchestrations. We propose a middleware solution that is able to maintain the required non-functional attributes, expressed as QoS, using a decentralized coordination mechanism. We evaluate how our approach can enhance current composite services regarding the availability, performance, robustness, and scalability.