Algorithm for QOS-aware web service composition based on flow path tree with probabilities

Abstract

This paper first presents a novel model for QoS-aware web services composition based on workflow patterns, and an executing path tree with probability. Then a discrete PSO algorithm is proposed to fit our model, which also requires some other preliminary algorithms, such as the generation of all reachable paths and executing path tree. The experiments show the performance of that algorithm and its advantages, compared with genetic algorithm. Finally, we suggest some drawbacks of it and future works.