RT Journal Article T1 Location-aware scalable service composition. A1 Pozas García, Nicolás A1 Durán-Muñoz, Francisco Javier A1 Moreno Berrocal, Katia A1 Pimentel-Sánchez, Ernesto K1 Servicios web K1 Algoritmos genéticos AB The problem of service composition is the process of assigning resources to services from a pool of available ones in the shortest possible time so that the overall quality of service is maximized. This article provides solutions for the composition problem that takes into account its scalability, services’ locations, and users’ restrictions, which are key for the management of applications using state-of-the-art technologies. The provided solutions use different techniques, including genetic algorithms and heuristics. We provide an extensive experimental evaluation, which shows the pros and cons of each of them, and allows us to characterize the preferred option for each specific problem. Since no solution dominates the others, we propose a decision tree, based on our results, to select the best composition algorithm in each situation. PB Wiley YR 2023 FD 2023 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31576 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/31576 LA eng NO Nicolás Pozas, Francisco Durán, Katia Moreno Berrocal, Ernesto Pimentel: Location-aware scalable service composition. Softw. Pract. Exp. 53(12): 2408-2429 (2023) NO Spanish Government projects TED2021-130666B-I00 and PID2021-125527NB-I00.Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga / CBUA. DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 21 ene 2026