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Publications in Scientific Journals:

Ph. Leitner, W. Hummer, S. Dustdar:
"Cost-Based Optimization of Service Compositions (Spotlight Paper)";
IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, Volume 6 (2013), No. 2; 239 - 251.



English abstract:
For providers of composite services, preventing cases of SLA violations is crucial. Previous work has established runtime
adaptation of compositions as a promising tool to achieve SLA conformance. However, to get a realistic and complete view of the
decision process of service providers, the costs of adaptation need to be taken into account. In this paper, we formalize the problem of
finding the optimal set of adaptations, which minimizes the total costs arising from SLA violations and the adaptations to prevent them.
We present possible algorithms to solve this complex optimization problem, and detail an end-to-end system based on our earlier work
on the PREvent (prediction and prevention based on event monitoring) framework, which clearly indicates the usefulness of our model.
We discuss experimental results that show how the application of our approach leads to reduced costs for the service provider, and
explain the circumstances in which different algorithms lead to more or less satisfactory results.


"Official" electronic version of the publication (accessed through its Digital Object Identifier - DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSC.2011.53



Related Projects:
Project Head Schahram Dustdar:
INDENICA

Project Head Schahram Dustdar:
S-Cube


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