Abstract

The aim of this study is to present a novel approach which uses the belief net to intelligently infer the best and most relevant web service based on the available Quality of service parameters. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is the discovery of relevant Web Services for a specified task is a one of the key challenges. As Web services proliferate, there is a possibility of existing more than one service with same functionalities consequently; most of service discovery method will return several services which meet user given input and output. Finding the mainly relevant and best service is very crucial for the service consumers. In this situation, the non-functional Quality of Service (QoS) parameters present in the service description provided by the service provider play a major responsibility.

Keywords:

Bayesian belief network, , discovery, , quality of service parameters, , service oriented architecture, , web service,

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