Self-composition of services with chemical reactions

Abstract

Next generation of socio-technical infrastructures will be characterized by the presence of complex networks of pervasive systems, composed of thousands of heterogeneous devices consuming and producing high-volumes of interdependent data. Smart-cities represent an example of these future digital scenarios: by using wide area mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs), data will be shared among applications placed on cars or running on several devices such as smartphones, tablets, public displays and sensors placed at the edges of the roads; moreover, all these devices will access traditional remote web-services. Smart-cities depict the emergence of new open-infrastructure pervasive systems, where scalability and dependability will be achieved by developing and adapting (at run-time) applications through compositions of customized services.