@inproceedings{9d8eab9947694675a4cd2719621980e8,
title = "Optimizing distributed execution of WS-BPEL processes in heterogeneous computing environments",
abstract = "Workflow-structured Web service composition is an emerging computing paradigm for constructing next-generation large-scale distributed applications within and across organizational boundaries. Mapping such application workflows in heterogeneous environments and optimizing their performance in terms of quick response and high scalability are vital to the success of these distributed applications. Workflows with complex execution semantics and dependencies are typically modeled as directed acyclic graphs. We construct cost models to estimate data processing and transfer overheads and formulate the restricted workflow mapping for minimum total execution time as an NP-complete optimization problem. We propose a heuristic approach to this problem that recursively computes and maps the critical path to network nodes using a dynamic programming-based procedure. The performance superiority of the proposed approach is illustrated by an extensive set of simulations and further verified by experimental results from a real network in comparison with existing methods.",
keywords = "Heuristic algorithm, Optimization, WS-BPEL, Workflow mapping",
author = "Qishi Wu and Yi Gu and Liang Bao and Wei Jia and Huichen Dai and Ping Chen",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-642-10625-5_49",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "3642106242",
series = "Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering",
pages = "770--784",
booktitle = "Quality of Service in Heterogeneous Networks - 6th Int. ICST Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness, QShine 2009 and AAA-IDEA 2009, Proceedings",
note = "6th International ICST Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness, QShine 2009 and 3rd International Workshop on Advanced Architectures and Algorithms for Internet Delivery and Applications, AAA-IDEA 2009 ; Conference date: 23-11-2009 Through 25-11-2009",
}