03-05-2014, 12:07 PM
Scientific paper on service broker layer
Executive Summary
The focus of this deliverable is to report the issues and solutions in service
broker layer. This forms part of T8.2 Dissemination.
The service broker layer is to interpret the requests or requirements from the
users and translate them to syntax or format that machine or human actuators
can understand and process. In other words, the layer sits in between service
demand and provider layers to simplify the control system using linear control for
allocation of resources from Service provider layer in response to Service
demand requests. In this deliverable, two scientific papers are included: one
conference paper and one journal paper.
Project and Cycle Objectives
The aim of this deliverable (Scientific Paper on Service Broker Layer) is to
produce a document which details the research findings and progress beyond
state of the art in the service demand layer. This is part of T8.2 Dissemination
which is running throughout the project cycles to identify appropriate contents for
dissemination. This deliverable responds to Task 8.2.2 Scientific Papers and
conferences that include:
“Submission of 4 papers to scientific journals on project topics: Service demand
layer, Service broker, Service provider layer and appliance level energy
measurement. Submission of representations to participate in 4 international
conferences relevant to the Service demand, broker, provider and measurement
(UCov, USal, IeAT, Hild, UR, UCluj, MCC and CL)”.
Activities to Achieve the Deliverable
The service broker layer sits in the middle of service demand layer and service
provider layer. It needs capabilities to understand and interpret the terms or
requests issued from the service demand layer as well as abilities to
communicate and compose the services supported by the service providers. Tthe
research has focused on the design of intelligent reasoning mechanism to reason
over the requirements and translates them to machine understandable syntax. A
generic architecture is proposed to support the required functions. These
exercises have been documented in conjunction with the findings of comparing
with recent similar works carried out by other research groups.