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Using Concept Lattices to Support Service Selection

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  • Lerina Aversano

    (University of Sannio, Italy)

  • Marcello Bruno

    (University of Sannio, Italy)

  • Gerardo Canfora

    (University of Sannio, Italy)

  • Massimiliano Di Penta

    (University of Sannio, Italy)

  • Damiano Distante

    (University of Sannio, Italy)

Abstract

When building a service-oriented system, a service integrator retrieves a set of potentially useful services from registries and then inspects their documentation to eventually decide which services to use. This task needs to be supported by proper tools that help service interface/documentation understanding, highlighting the relationships existing between the retrieved services. This paper proposes an approach, based on Formal Concept Analysis, to understand relationships between services, as well as between operations of a complex service, by analyzing service interfaces and documentation. The approach allows an analyst to cluster similar services, highlights hierarchical relationships and, in general, commonalities and differences between services. To support the proposed approach, we developed a tool that provides several service browsing capabilities. Finally, the approach has been evaluated with different case studies built upon real sets of services.

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  • Lerina Aversano & Marcello Bruno & Gerardo Canfora & Massimiliano Di Penta & Damiano Distante, 2006. "Using Concept Lattices to Support Service Selection," International Journal of Web Services Research (IJWSR), IGI Global, vol. 3(4), pages 32-51, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jwsr00:v:3:y:2006:i:4:p:32-51
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    1. Pornthip Liewtrakul & Katawut Kaewbanjong, 2017. "A Semantic Web Service Retrieval Approach that Combines Semantic Matching With Quality of Service Matching," Journal of ICT, Design, Engineering and Technological Science, Juhriyansyah Dalle, vol. 1(2), pages 42-47.

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