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1. A method for determining a service provider to perform a service, said method comprising:
receiving, by a processor of a computer system from each service provider of a plurality of service providers, an indication of willingness by each service provider to perform the service in conformity with a plurality of quality of service requirements; after said receiving the indication of willingness from each service provider, receiving, by the processor from each service provider, both an indication of previous performance of the service by each service provider and statistical data indicative of an extent to which said previous performance of the service by each service provider matches each quality of service requirement; after said receiving the indication of previous performance and the statistical data from each service provider, ascertaining, by the processor, a preferred service provider of the plurality of service providers, wherein said ascertaining comprises analyzing the statistical data received from each service provider and concluding from said analyzing that the performance of the service by the preferred service provider is a closer match to the plurality of quality of service requirements than is a match of the performance of the service by each other service provider to the plurality of quality of service requirements, and wherein the previous service is performed by each service provider after each service provider indicated the willingness and before said ascertaining; and storing an identification of the preferred service provider in a computer-readable storage unit of the computer system. |
