This open access book was prepared as a Final Publication of the COST Action IC1304 Autonomous
Control for a Reliable Internet of Services (ACROSS). The book contains 14 chapters and
constitutes a show-case of the main outcome of the Action in line with its scientific goals. It
will serve as a valuable reference for undergraduate and post-graduate students educators
faculty members researchers engineers and research strategists working in this field. The
explosive growth of the Internet has fundamentally changed the global society. The emergence of
concepts like SOA SaaS PaaS IaaS NaaS and Cloud Computing in general has catalyzed the
migration from the information-oriented Internet into an Internet of Services (IoS). This has
opened up virtually unbounded possibilities for the creation of new and innovative services
that facilitate business processes and improve the quality of life. However this also calls
for new approaches to ensuring the quality and reliability of these services. The objective of
this book is by applying a systematic approach to assess the state-of-the-art and consolidate
the main research results achieved in this area.
