Dynamic and Quantitative Method of Analyzing Service Consistency Evolution Based on Extended Hierarchical Finite State Automata

Table 1

Inconsistency influencing events and their categorization.

Event	Type	Consistency meaning
SC	ES	Feasibility and integrity
ID	ES	Diversity of interface description
RS	NES	maintenance of several backups for the same service
WE	ES	Encapsulation correctness of web service based on models
VM	ES	Version control for the same service
MI	NES	Service communication without failure
SM	NES	Services’ matching degree between publishers and subscribers
SR	NES	Whether the same service can be called by multiple other services