An Introduction to Simulation-Based Techniques for Automated Service Composition

TL;DR

This paper introduces simulation-based techniques for automated service composition, modeling services as finite-state systems with shared memory to facilitate the automatic assembly of services based on target specifications.

Contribution

It presents a novel approach to service composition using simulation techniques and finite-state models, advancing the automation process in service-oriented computing.

Findings

Services modeled as finite-state transition systems

Shared memory enables interaction and communication

Framework supports automatic service assembly

Abstract

This work is an introduction to the author's contributions to the SOC area, resulting from his PhD research activity. It focuses on the problem of automatically composing a desired service, given a set of available ones and a target specification. As for description, services are represented as finite-state transition systems, so to provide an abstract account of their behavior, seen as the set of possible conversations with external clients. In addition, the presence of a finite shared memory is considered, that services can interact with and which provides a basic form of communication. Rather than describing technical details, we offer an informal overview of the whole work, and refer the reader to the original papers, referenced throughout this work, for all details.