@incollection{eprints302, series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, year = {2005}, booktitle = {Coordination Models and Languages (COORDINATION 2005)}, editor = {Marie Jacquet and Gian Pietro Picco}, publisher = {Springer}, title = {A Process Calculus for QoS-Aware Applications}, volume = {3454}, author = {Rocco De Nicola and GianLuigi Ferrari and Ugo Montanari and Rosario Pugliese and Emilio Tuosto}, pages = {33--48}, abstract = {The definition of suitable abstractions and models for identifying, understanding and managing Quality of Service (QoS) constraints is a challenging issue of the Service Oriented Computing paradigm. In this paper we introduce a process calculus where QoS attributes are first class objects. We identify a minimal set of primitives that allow capturing in an abstract way the ability to control and coordinate services in presence of QoS constraints. }, url = {http://eprints.imtlucca.it/302/} }