Innovations in cloud and service-oriented architectures continue to attract attention by offering interesting opportunities for research in the scientific communities. Advancements such as computational power, storage, networking and infrastructure had aided in making major progress in understanding and solving real-world challenges.

Principles, Methodologies, and Service-Oriented Approaches for Cloud Computing investigates the use of service-oriented computing technologies in addressing supporting infrastructure of the cloud, including new challenges in modelling and simulation. This reference source aims to present researchers, engineers and IT professionals with the tools and methods of service-oriented computer in cloud computing.