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A Conceptual and Practical Framework for Web-Based Processes in Multi-Agent Systems

Daniel Moldt and Jan Ortmann.
A conceptual and practical framework for web-based processes in multi-agent systems.
In Liz Sonenberg and Charles Sierra, editors, 3rd International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2004), 19-23 August 2004, New York, NY, USA, pages 1464-1465. IEEE Computer Society, 2004.  [link]

Abstract: The Internet provides possibilities for distributed execution of Business processes and Web services. These Web services might be composed to accomplish arbitrary complex tasks. Agents can compose these Web services as long as they know their semantics. Here process ontologies offer a way to give agents an understanding of the services offered. In this paper we discuss an approach to map the service descriptions from an process ontology given in OWL-S to reference nets, high-level Petri nets that can be executed within a simulator. These nets will be executed by agents in a FIPA-compliant multi agent framework enabling them to interact with Web services. Our conceptual framework is supported by the tool {\sl DaGen}.

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{Moldt+04e,
  author    = {Moldt, Daniel and Ortmann, Jan},
  title     = {A Conceptual and Practical Framework for Web-Based Processes in Multi-Agent Systems},
  booktitle = {3rd International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents
               and Multiagent Systems ({AAMAS} 2004), 19-23 August 2004, New York, NY, {USA}},
  editor    = {Sonenberg, Liz and Sierra, Charles},
  publisher = {{IEEE} Computer Society},
  isbn      = {1-58113-864-4},
  year      = 2004,
  pages     = {1464--1465},
  url       = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/AAMAS.2004.10206},
  xdoi       = {10.1109/AAMAS.2004.10206},
  keywords  = {High-level Petri nets, nets within nets, reference nets,
               {\sl Renew}, workflow, web service, business process, OWL-S},
  abstract  = {The Internet provides possibilities for distributed
               execution of Business processes and Web
               services. These Web services might be composed to
               accomplish arbitrary complex tasks. Agents can
               compose these Web services as long as they know their
               semantics. Here process ontologies offer a way to
               give agents an understanding of the services
               offered. In this paper we discuss an approach to map
               the service descriptions from an process ontology
               given in OWL-S to reference nets, high-level Petri
               nets that can be executed within a simulator. These
               nets will be executed by agents in a FIPA-compliant
               multi agent framework enabling them to interact with
               Web services. Our conceptual framework is supported
               by the tool {\sl DaGen}.}
}

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