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Daniel Lübke

This book collects essential research on the practical application of executable business process modeling in real-world projects, i.e., model-driven solutions for the support and automation of digital business processes that are created using languages such as BPEL or BPMN. It mainly focuses on empirical research, but also includes an up-to-date cross-section of case studies in order to assess examples of BPM’s practical impact in the industry. On the one hand, executable models are formally and precisely defined so that computers can interpret and execute them; on the other, they are visualized so that humans can describe, document and optimize business processes at a higher level of abstraction than with traditional textual programming languages. While these important research areas have long been separated from one another, this book is an attempt at cross-fertilization, driven by the insight that business processes are the software behind today’s digital organizations, and that achieving a precise representation of such processes is key to their reliable execution. Consequently, the book presents various case studies and experiments that investigate questions of interest to both academia (e.g., identifying challenges for which no solution exists; sharing new insights into how existing approaches are actually used) and industry (e.g., guidelines on using certain technologies and on modeling comprehensible and executable processes). Both researchers and practitioners will benefit from the presentation of how concepts are transformed into working solutions. The studies are presented in a structured manner and with sufficient rigor to be considered empirical research, further enhancing the book’s value for the research community, while practitioners will find concrete guidance on making the right decisions for their projects.

Empirical Studies on the Development of Executable Business Processes

Tommi Mikkonen

Maria Bielikova

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Web Engineering, ICWE 2020, which was planned to take place in Helsinki, Finland, during June 9-12, 2020. Due to the corona pandemic the conference changed to a virtual format. The total of 24 full and 10 short contributions presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. The book also contains 4 PhD and 7 demo papers. The papers were organized in topical sections named: User interface technologies; performance of Web technologies; machine learning; testing of Web applications; emotion detection; location-aware applications; sentiment analysis; open data; liquid Web applications; Web-based learning; PhD symposium; demos and posters.

20th International Conference, ICWE 2020, Helsinki, Finland, June 9–12, 2020, Proceedings

Web Engineering

Erik Wilde

This volume provides an overview and an understanding of REST (Representational State Transfer). Discussing the constraints of REST the book focuses on REST as a type of web architectural style. The focus is on applying REST beyond Web applications (i.e., in enterprise environments), and in reusing established and well-understood design patterns when doing so. The reader will be able to understand how RESTful systems can be designed and deployed, and what the results are in terms of benefits and challenges encountered in the process. Since REST is relatively new as an approach for designing Web Services, the more advanced part of the book collects a number of challenges to some of the assumptions and constraints of REST, and looks at current research work on how REST can be extended and applied to scenarios that often are considered not to be a good match for REST. This work will help readers to reach a deeper understanding of REST on a practical as well as on an advanced level.

REST: From Research to Practice

Liang Zhang

Samik Basu

Xiang Fu

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing, ICSOC 2012, held in Berlin, Germany, in December 2013. The 29 full papers and 27 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 205 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on service engineering, service operations and management; services in the cloud; and service applications and implementations.

11th International Conference, ICSOC 2013, Berlin, Germany, December 2-5, 2013. Proceedings

Service-Oriented Computing

Christoph Bussler

This book contains a collection of selected and revised papers originally presented at the Workshop on Emerging Web Service Technology (WEWST) held in conjunction with the 4th European Conference on Web Services (ECOWS'06) in Zurich, Switzerland, December 2006. It details the latest innovations, developments and results in Web Services research. In addition, the book records the evolution of important ideas emerging in the Web Services field.

Emerging Web Services Technology

Fernando Sánchez-Figueroa

Kari Systä

Juan Manuel Murillo Rodríguez

This book constitutes the refereed thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Web Engineering, ICWE 2018, held in Cáceres, Spain, in June 2018. The 18 revised full papers were selected from 40 submissions. The workshops complement the main conference and explore new trends on core topics of Web engineering and provide an open discussion space combining solid theory work with practical on-the-field experience. The workshop committee accepted five workshops for publication in this volume: First International Workshop on Maturity of Web Engineering Practices (MATWEP 2018), Second International Workshop on Engineering theWeb of Things (EnWoT 2018), Fourth International Workshop on Knowledge Discovery on the Web (KDWEB 2018), International Workshop on Engineering Open Data (WEOD 2018), First International Workshop on Knowledge Graphs on Travel and Tourism (TourismKG 2018).

ICWE 2018 International Workshops, MATWEP, EnWot, KD-WEB, WEOD, TourismKG, Cáceres, Spain, June 5, 2018, Revised Selected Papers

Current Trends in Web Engineering

Thomas Gschwind

This book contains papers from the 2007 European Conference on Web Services and the Workshop on Emerging Web Services Technology. Coverage includes grid-based computing, mobility issues for web services, dynamic web services, and model driven engineering.

Emerging Web Services Technology, Volume II

Philippe Cudré-Mauroux

Alessandro Bozzon

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Web Engineering, ICWE 2016, held in Lugano, Switzerland, in June 2016. The 19 full research papers, 13 short papers, 3 vision papers, 11 demonstrations, 5 posters, 6 PhD Symposium and 4 tutorials presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. The 16th edition of ICWE accepted contributions related to different research areas revolving around Web engineering, including: Web application modelling and engineering, Human computation and crowdsourcing, Web applications composition and mashups, SocialWeb applications, SemanticWeb, and, for the first time, also the Web of Things.

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