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Today´s computer networks, like the internet or intranets of companies, interconnect a large number of devices as well as persons. Within such networks, content can be exchanged and services can be utilised. The more complex such networks become, the more opportunities might exist to choose a desired service or content. If multiple of those choices need to be made periodically or in short time, manual selection may not be a suitable procedure. From this fact the question arises, how the service or content selection process can be managed efficiently.

In this book, the author Rico Kusber investigates scientifically the process of selecting services or content for deployment on networked computing systems. He presents an algorithmic approach how services an content can be selected automatically in accordance with user preferences and needs. The book addresses scientists and developers in the fields of Autonomic Computing, Ubiquitous Computing, as well as Service and Content Management.

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Today s computer networks, like the internet or intranets of companies, interconnect a large number of devices as well as persons. Within such networks, content can be exchanged and services can be utilised. The more complex such networks become, the more opportunities might exist to choose a desired service or content. If multiple of those choices need to be made periodically or in short time, manual selection may not be a suitable procedure. From this fact the question arises, how the service or content selection process can be managed efficiently.
In this book, the author Rico Kusber investigates scientifically the process of selecting services or content for deployment on networked computing systems. He presents an algorithmic approach how services an content can be selected automatically in accordance with user preferences and needs. The book addresses scientists and developers in the fields of Autonomic Computing, Ubiquitous Computing, as well as Service and Content Management.

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