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Security for Web Services and Service-Oriented Architectures Bertino, E.; Martino, L.; Paci, F.; Squicciarini, A. First book to cover research and existing or

upcoming standards as well as platform-dependent functionalities. A comprehensive guide to security for Web services and SOA. Covers all relevant standards such as XML Encryption, WS-Security, SAML, XACML, and related others, and puts them into a conceptual framework. Introduces a reference framework for future research and developments along security dimensions such as integrity, confidentiality, and availability.

2009. Approx. 250 p. Hardcover ISBN 978-3-540-87741-7 7 $69.95

2

ND EDITION

Enterprise
Architecture
at Work

Modelling, Communication and Analysis Lankhorst, Marc

Introduces the ArchiMate® modeling language for enterprise architecture, an Open Group standard. Describes quantitative analysis methods to assess the impact of architectural changes. Based on industry standards like IEEE 1471, Zachman, UML, and TOGAF and Designed by leading researchers and tested in large-scale industry projects with Extensive industry support.

2nd ed. 2009. XX, 352 p. 164 illus. ( The Enterprise Engineering Series) Hardcover ISBN 978-3-642-01309-6 7 $69.95

Peer-to-Peer
Computing

Principles and Applications

Vu, Quang Hieu; Lupu, Mihai; Ooi, Beng Chin

In this book, Vu, Lupu

and Ooi present the technical challenges offered by P2P systems, and the means that have been proposed to address them. They provide a thorough and comprehensive review of recent advances on routing and discovery methods; load balancing and replication techniques; security, accountability and anonymity, as well as trust and reputation schemes; programming models and P2P systems and projects.

2010. X, 300 p. Hardcover

ISBN 978-3-642-03513-5 7 $89.85

The Social
Semantic Web

Breslin, John G.;

Passant, Alexandre;

Decker, Stefan

Intended for computer science professionals, researchers, and

graduates interested in understanding the technologies and research issues involved in applying Semantic Web technologies to social software. Practitioners and developers interested in applications such as blogs, social networks or wikis will also learn about methods for increasing the levels of automation in these forms of Web communication.

2009. Approx. 290 p. Hardcover ISBN 978-3-642-01171-9 7 $69.95

Modern
Business Process
Automation

YAWL and its Support Environment

ter Hofstede, A. H. M.; van der Aalst, W. M. P.;

Adams, M.; Russell, N. (Eds.)

This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the field of Business Process Management (BPM) with a focus on Business Process Automation. It achieves this by covering a wide range of topics, both introductory and advanced, illustrated through and grounded in the YAWL ( Yet Another Workflow Language) language and corresponding open-source support environment.

2010. IV, 664 p. 321 illus. Hardcover ISBN 978-3-642-03120-5 7 $99.00

Touch
of
Class

TEXT BOOK

Learning to Program Well with Objects and Contracts

Meyer, Bertrand

Unique to Touch of Class is a combination of a practical, hands-on approach to programming with the introduction of sound theoretical support focused on helping students learn the construction of high quality software. The use of full color brings exciting programming concepts to life. First introductory programming book to use concepts of Design by Contract for software safety and reliability.

2009. LXIV, 876 p. Hardcover ISBN 978-3-540-92144-8 7 $79.95

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