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with an introduction on Portuguese intercourse with China in the first half of the sixteenth century

Letters from Portuguese captives in Canton, written in 1534 and 1536

Frédéric Desprez

Markus Helfert

Frank Leymann

Victor Méndez Munoz

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2014, held in Barcelona, Spain, in April 2014. The 14 papers presented were selected from 127 paper submissions. The papers focus on the following topics: cloud computing fundamentals; services science foundations for cloud computing; cloud computing platforms and applications; cloud computing enabling technologies; and mobile cloud computing services.

International Conference in Cloud Computing and Services Sciences, CLOSER 2014 Barcelona Spain, April 3–5, 2014 Revised Selected Papers

Cloud Computing and Services Sciences

Víctor Méndez Muñoz

Claus Pahl

This book constitutes extended, revised and selected papers from the 9th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2019, held in Heraklion, Greece, in May 2019.The 11 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 102 submissions. CLOSER 2019 focuses on the emerging area of Cloud Computing, inspired by some latest advances that concern the infrastructure, operations, and available servicesthrough the global network.

9th International Conference, CLOSER 2019, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, May 2–4, 2019, Revised Selected Papers

Cloud Computing and Services Science

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2013, held in Aachen, Germany, in May 2013. The 8 papers presented were selected from 142 paper submissions. The papers cover the following topics: cloud computing fundamentals; services science foundations for cloud computing; cloud computing platforms and applications; and cloud computing enabling technologies.

Third International Conference, CLOSER 2013, Aachen, Germany, May 8-10, 2013, Revised Selected Papers

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2015, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in May 2015. The 14 revised full papers presented together with one invited paper were selected from 146 paper submissions. The papers focus on the following topics: cloud computing fundamentals; services science foundations for cloud computing; cloud computing platforms and applications; cloud computing enabling technologies; and mobile cloud computing services.

5th International Conference, CLOSER 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, May 20-22, 2015, Revised Selected Papers

Jorge Cardoso

Victor Méndez Muñoz

This book constitutes extended, revised and selected papers from the 6th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2016, held in Rome, Italy, in April 2016. The 16 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 123 submissions. The volume also contains two invited papers. CLOSER 2016 focused on the emerging area of cloud computing, inspired by recent advances related to infrastructures, operations, and service availability through global networks. It also studied the influence of service science in this area.

6th International Conference, CLOSER 2016, Rome, Italy, April 23-25, 2016, Revised Selected Papers

This book constitutes extended, revised and selected papers from the 8th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2018, held in Funchal, Portugal in March 2018. The 11 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 94 submissions. CLOSER 2018 focused on the emerging area of Cloud Computing, inspired by some latest advances that concern the infrastructure, operations and available services throughout the global network.

8th International Conference, CLOSER 2018, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, March 19-21, 2018, Revised Selected Papers

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