Les récents progrès réalisés en matière de communication (réseaux hauts débits, normalisation des protocoles et des architectures à objets répartis, explosion de l'internet) conduisent à l'apparition de systèmes de gestion de données et services largement répartis. Les données sont produites à la demande ou de manière continue au travers de divers dispositifs statiques ou mobiles. Cette thèse présente une approche pour l'évaluation de requêtes dites hybrides car intégrant différents aspects des données mobiles, continues, cachées rencontrées dans des environnements dynamiques. Notre approche consiste à représenter une telle requête comme une coordination de services comprenant des services de données et de calcul. Une telle coordination est définie par le flux de la requête et ceux d'opérateurs sur les données (e.g. join, select, union). Un flux de requête représente une expression construite avec les opérateurs de notre modèle de données. Ce flux est construit par un algorithme de ré-écriture à partir de la requête spécifiée dans notre langage de requête HSQL Les flux dit opérateurs composent des services de calcul afin de permettre l'évaluation d'un opérateur particulier. Le processeur de requêtes basées sur les services hybrides que nous avons développé met en mise en œuvre et valide nos propositions. / Recent trends in information technologies result in a massive proliferation of data which are carried over different kinds of networks, produced in either on-demand or streaming fashion, generated and accessible by a variety of devices, and that can involve mobility aspects. This thesis presents an approach for the evaluation of hybrid queries that integrate the various aspects involved in querying continuous, mobile and hidden data in dynamic environments. Our approach consists of representing such an hybrid query as a service coordination comprising data and computation services. A service coordination is specified by a query workflow and additional operator workflows. A query workflow represents an expression built with the operators of our data model. This workflow is constructed from a query specified in our proposed SQL-like query language, HSQL, by an algorithm we developed based on known results of database theory. Operator workflows enable to compose computation services to enable the evaluation of a particular operator. HYPATIA, a service-based hybrid query processor, implements and validates our approach.

Web services technology has lately stirred tremendous interest in industry as well as the academia. Web services are self-contained, platform independent functionality which is available over the internet. Web services are defined, discovered & accessed using a standard protocols like WSDL, UDDI & SOAP. With the advent of Service-Oriented Architecture and need for more complex application, it became eminent to have a way in which these independent entities could collaborate in a coherent manner to provide a high level functionality. But the problem of service composition is not an easy one. One reason being the self-contained and loosely coupled interaction style, which happens to be the single most important reason for its popularity. We are proposing a prototype system for distributed coordination of web services. This system is based on the Web Bonds model for coordination. The system, dubbed BondFlow system, allows configuration and execution of workflows configured over web services. Presently BondFlow system allows both centralized as well as distributed coordination of workflows over handhelds, which we claim as an engineering feet and is currently a unique work in this area.

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On constate aujourd’hui une explosion de la quantité de données largement distribuées et produites par différents dispositifs (e.g. capteurs, dispositifs informatiques, réseaux, processus d’analyse) à travers de services dits de données. Dans ce contexte, il s’agit d’évaluer des requêtes dites hybrides car ils intègrent des aspects de requêtes classiques, mobiles et continues fournies par des services de données, statiques ou mobiles, en mode push ou pull. L’objectif de ma thèse est de proposer une approche pour l’optimisation de ces requêtes hybrides basée sur des préférences multicritère (i.e. SLA – Service Level Agreement). Le principe consiste à combiner les services de données et calcule pour construire un évaluateur de requêtes adapté au SLA requis par l’utilisateur, tout en considérant les conditions de QoS des services et du réseau. / Today we are witnesses of the explosion of data producer massively by largely distributed of data produced by different devices (e.g. sensors, personal computers, laptops, networks) by means of data services. In this context, It is about evaluate queries named hybrid because they entails aspects related with classic queries, mobile and continuous provided by static or nomad data services in mode push or pull. The objective of my thesis is to propose an approach to optimize hybrid queries based in multi-criteria preferences (i.e. SLA – Service Level Agreement). The principle is to combine data services to construct a query evaluator adapted to the preferences expressed in the SLA whereas the state of services and network is considered as QoS measures.

The purpose of this thesis is to explore the diverse experiences of accessing health and social services when living with a neurological condition in Manitoba. Using a qualitative research design, I conducted 15 in-depth semi-structured interviews with adults living with a neurological condition in Manitoba. Findings demonstrated how characteristics of patients, and their service providers/systems, either predisposed them to a lack of service coordination or enabled them to successfully navigate health and social services. In the event that those factors contributed to a need or desire for coordination, participants employed strategies to improve their experience accessing services by i. pursuing knowledge to improve access, ii. actively engaging in behaviours to improve services, or iii. mentally coping with inadequate services. To conclude, practical recommendations on possible initiatives to improve the daily experiences of individuals living with neurological conditions are also provided. / October 2015