A framework for Web service negotiation

ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Paurobally, Shamimabi ^a   Tamma, Valentina ^b   Wooldrdige, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grid; Insurance; Negotiation; Web services

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PROBLEMS; DYNAMIC COOPERATION; NETWORKED AGENTS; SERVICE ORIENTED GRID ARCHITECTURES;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GRID COMPUTING; INSURANCE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTIC WEB;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 36649026164     PISSN: 15564665     EISSN: 15564703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1293731.1293734     Document Type: Article

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