Discovery and Uncertainty in Semantic Web Services

  • Authors:
  • Francisco Martín-Recuerda;Dave Robertson

  • Affiliations:
  • Information Management Group (IMG), University of Manchester, Manchester, UK M13 9PL;School of Informatics, Centre for Intelligent Systems and their applications, Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH89AB

  • Venue:
  • Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web I
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Although Semantic Web service discovery has been extensively studied in the literature ([1], [2], [3] and [4]), we are far from achieving an effective, complete and automated discovery process. Using the Incidence Calculus [5], a truth-functional probabilistic calculus, and a lightweight brokering mechanism [6], this article explores the suitability of integrating probabilistic reasoning in Semantic Web services environments. We show how the combination of relaxation of the matching process and evaluation of Web service capabilities based on previous performances of Web service providers enables new possibilities in service discovery.