作为现代服务科学的奠基石,服务计算已成为一项桥接商业服务与信息技术服务的跨学科的科学技术。本书提出了对现代服务业进行创新研究的独到见解,系统展现了服务计算领域的创新型研究成果与解决问题的方法,如以服务为导向的架构、商业咨询方法与工具、商业流程建模、转型、集成与管理等方面的创新型研究成果等。揭示了如何利用信息服务与计算技术来有效地创建、营运与管理商业服务,介绍了服务创新研究中的一些主要解决方案架构、支撑技术和创新型研究方法。书中展示的服务创新研究的生命周期包括商业分解、服务建模、服务创建、服务实现、服务诠释、服务部署、服务搜索、服务组合、服务提供、服务合作、服务监测、服务优化以及服务管理。
本书的**作者为全球服务计算学科的创始人和***,因此本书具有很高的权威性及参考价值。读者可从本书了解服务计算在SOA与Web服务方面的研究方向,从而有效地创建、营运与管理商业服务。本书可作为高等院校计算机科学与工程、信息技术、电子商务、王业工程、自动化、商业管理等专业的专业参考书,同时也是科研机构及信息技术公司的从业人员**参考。

Part 1 Foundations of Services Computing
1 The Principle of Services and Services Computing
1.1 Introduction of Services
1.1.1 Definition of Services
1.1.2 Definition of Services System
1.2 Perspectives of Services Systems
1.2.1 Model
1.2.2 Technology
1.2.3 Architecture
1.2.4 Optimization
1.3 Services Lifecycle
1.3.1 Phase 1: Consulting and Strategic Planning
1.3.2 Phase 2: Services Engagement
1.3.3 Phase 3: Services Delivery
1.3.4 Phase 4: Services Operation
1.3.5 Phase 5: Services Billing
1.3.6 Phase 6: Services Management
1.4 Key Factors in a Services Lifecycle
1.4.1 Data/Information
1.4.2 Processes
1.4.3 People
1.4.4 Resources
1.4.5 Finance Factors
1.4.6 Knowledge and Skills
1.4.7 Innovation and Technology
1.5 Comparisons Between Services and Manufacturing Models
1.6 Business Services Lifecycle in Telecommunication Industry
1.7 Relationship Between IT and Non-IT Services in a Services Ecosystem
1.7.1 Overview of a Services Ecosystem
1.7.2 Comparisons Between IT and Non-IT Services
1.8 Emergence of Services Computing Technology
1.9 Summary
References
2 e-Business Evolution
2.1 Phases of e-Business Adoption
2.2 Top Trends of e-Business
2.3 IT Innovations to Flatten the World
2.3.1 Interactive Multimedia Services
2.3.2 Office Online Services
2.3.3 Globalization of Businesses
2.4 "Open" Trends for Technologies and Services Ecosystems
2.4.1 Open Standards
2.4.2 Open Sources
2.4.3 Open Architecture: Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)...
2.5 Debuts of New Service-Oriented Business Models
2.5.1 Services Modernization
2.5.2 Software as Services
2.5.3 Services as Software
2.6 New Discipline: Services Computing
2.7 Summary
References
3 Web Services Modeling
3.1 Basic Concept of Web Services
3.2 Modeling of a Web Service
3.2.1 Basic Concepts of WSDL Modeling
3.2.2 Web Services Communication Protocol: SOAP
3.2.3 Binding of WSDL to SOAP
3.2.4 Publishing a Web Service in Registry
3.2.5 Stateful Web Services Modeling
3.2.6 Web Services Interoperability
3.3 Modeling a Composite Web Service
3.3.1 Basic Concepts of BPEL
3.3.2 BPEL Basic Structure: via an Example
3.3.3 BPEL Key Elements
3.4 Three-Dimensional Web Services Modeling
3.5 Discussions on Web Services Modeling
3.6 Summary
References
4 Web Services Publishing and Discovery
4.1 Web Services Publishing
4.1.1 Public/Private UDDI Publishing
4.1.2 WSIL Publishing
4.1.3 UDDI Publishing vs. WSIL Publishing
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Part 2 Realization of Services Computing
Part 3 Service Delivery and Services Engineering
Index