A Historical Overview of Internet Reference Services for Distance Learners

SUMMARY

The advent of library services and collections on the Internet revolutionized reference services to students enrolled in distance learning programs. Prior to the Internet, reference librarians who supported distance learning programs had few methods, and many of them costly, to provide the equivalent library services advocated by the ACRL Guidelines. Through the Internet, these librarians were able to approximate the services and resources that had always been available to students who came into the library. This article describes the development of reference services on the Internet in a variety of libraries that support distance learners.     

网络化服务性能管理的技术研究与实现

随着网络上各种服务和应用的快速增长,人们对计算机网络的依赖程度越来越大,因此,保证网络上的服务和应用的正常运行、优化服务性能,成为网络管理迫切需要解决的问题。针对网络化服务的性能实行管理,建立了以服务为核心节点的服务性能管理视图,并以此勾画出服务与其资源之间的依赖关系图。分层构建了服务性能管理系统,并搭建了服务性能监控平台,对部分服务和应用进行了性能监测、分析和展示,实现了网络化服务性能管理系统的各项功能。     

An automatic subdigraph renovation plan for failure recovery of composite semantic Web services

A Web service-based system never fulfills a user＇s goal unless a failure recovery approach exists. It is inevitable that several Web services may either perish or fail before or during transactions. The completion of a composite process relies on the smooth execution of all constituent Web services. A mediator acts as an intermediary between providers and consumers to monitor the execution of these services. If a service fails, the mediator has to recover the whole composite process or else jeopardize achieving the intended goals. The atomic replacement of a perished Web service usually does not apply because the process of locating a matched Web service is unreliable. Even the system cannot depend on the replacement of the dead service with a com- posite service. In this paper, we propose an automatic renova- tion plan for failure recovery of composite semantic services based on an approach of subdigraph replacement. A replacement subdigraph is posed in lieu of an original subdigraph, which includes the failed service. The replacement is done in two separate phases, ofltine and online, to make the recovery faster. The ofitine phase foresees all possible subdigraphs, pre-calculates them, and ranks several possible replacements. The online phase compensates the unwanted effects and executes the replacement subdigraph in lieu of the original subdigraph. We have evaluated our approach during an experiment and have found that we could recover more than half of the simulated failures. These achievements show a significant improvement compared to current approaches     

基于语义的QoS感知Web服务发现机制

随着提供相同功能的Web服务数量的日益增多,服务质量(Quality of Service,QoS)成为用户选择Web服务的重要考虑因素.目前,通过对服务QoS属性在语法层匹配来提供Web服务选取的机制不能很好地满足复杂QoS属性匹配的要求.研究了基于用户QoS需求偏好,将用户需求的QoS与候选服务的QoS进行语义比较,结合约束规划(Constraint Programming)方法,在语义层匹配Web服务的QoS属性,选取满足匹配要求的服务,最后对满足QoS属性值约束的候选服务进行优化选择处理,获取最终匹配的候选服务.     

引入担保的云计算框架及担保方风险分析

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组合Web服务事务的补偿语义研究

Web服务组合需要可靠的事务处理机制,而目前仅依赖传统的ACID机制进行组合事务处理无法满足需要。为此提出一种基于配对Petri网的结构化补偿方法,该方法基于配对Petri网描述基本聚合结构的Web服务组合及其补偿行为。借助配对Petri网的动态执行推演技术分析了聚合结构补偿的执行语义,分析表明该方法可用于可靠业务流程组合、聚合补偿和组合流程优化等方面。     

一种基于服务覆盖网络的业务运行平台

针对分布式业务的动态性和可扩展性需求,设计并实现了业务运行平台BEPSON（Business Execution Platform Based On Service Overlay Network）。该平台基于服务覆盖网络,采用分层架构,提出并实现了具有QoS保证的动态服务发现算法以及分布式的执行策略。最后,通过实例验证了平台的有效性和灵活性。     

实时自适应导航手机地图服务系统的研究和实现①

通过分析传统手机地图服务系统,设计与实现了导航手机地图服务系统。系统对地图数据进行有效组织,并通过记录与分析用户的交互操作对用户感兴趣对象进行归类,从而提供实时更新和自适应的手机地图。     

面向最终用户编程的服务虚拟化模型

为了解决面向最终用户编程问题,提出了一种基于动态语义的服务虚拟化模型。该模型以SOA思想理论为基础,采用面向服务计算和Web服务技术,结合本体服务描述语言和描述逻辑,建立服务虚拟化模型,从而实现面向最终用户编程。该模型有效地提高了模型的查全率和查准率,能够在一定程度上解决软件危机。     

基于Web Service的在线水文模型服务研究

通过分析目前水文模型本地服务模式的不足,针对当前国内外Web Service技术在水文信息系统中的应用现状,设计并实现了一个基于Web Service技术的在线水文模型服务系统,示范了基于Web Service技术的网络数据获取、水文模型运行模拟等过程,说明基于Web Service技术的在线水文模型服务较好地实现了水文模型网络共享,支持异地模型访问。建议在线水文模型服务结构从网络数据库/数据中心获取数据,一定程度上解决了传统模式从本机上传海量数据等问题。这种在线水文模型服务模式节约了模型运行成本、降低了用户要求,在具体水文水资源管理事务中具有较好的应用和拓展前景。