Semantic Web services allow applications to automatically discover and provision distributed services at runtime. However, when such services are offered by autonomous providers, as is common in large distributed systems, their behaviour is inherently non-deterministic and unreliable. To address this problem, we describe an OWL-S extension that allows services to be annotated with quantitative ...

If Asia, aquaculture has been primarily oriented towards meeting local food requirements, creating gainful employment opportunities and supplementing family income. As a result, the majority of the sectoral contributors are small farmers. Inputs from research institutions and intra-regional exchange of information have accelerated the pace of development of Asian aquaculture. Large-scale commer...

This study analyzed the relationship between smallholder farmers’ perceptions of pluralistic agricultural extension service and social governance. was aimed at identification significant factors that improve governance practices local government planning budgeting process in northern Uganda. Structured interviews with leaders farmer associations were conducted. A multinomial logistic regr...