An Efficient Algorithm for Partially Matched Web Services Based on Consumer´s QoS Requirements

With the fast growing number of web services and consumers, selecting a suitable service for the consumer is becoming a crucial issue. Quality of Service (QoS) plays a significant role for both service and consumer in determining requirements. A number of models have been proposed for service selection by considering QoS parameters. In this paper we propose a service selection algorithm by considering multiple consumer criteria and allowing partially matched services to be counted as a candidate for the selection process. Based on consumer criteria, the algorithm returns a list of recommended services. Experimental results from real world web services shows our algorithm has a significant improvement in the quality of recommended web services.