Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): Strategy, Methodology, and Technology by James P. Lawler, DPS, associate professor of information systems, Pace Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, and H. Howell-Barber, president, HBiNK, Ltd. Since 2003, my colleagues in the...

The initial hype about service-oriented architecture (SOA) is over, and it seems that it is not the next revolutionary step after centralized architectures. On the other hand, the paradigm may still be of use for financial services institutions (FSIs). <p> Lack of consequence in some recent SOA...</p>

Everybody knows there is potential to make big money in the stock market. But what most people don't know is how to go about it. This book will guide you step-by-step through the authors' tried and tested method for building rule-based stockmarket trading systems. It shows you how to design,...

This paper deals with the development of customised and realistic manufacturing scheduling systems. More specifically, we focus onto a key element that may help driving their efficient design and implementation: i.e., the set of building blocks that should include a generic scheduling system and...