An agent-based infrastructure for virtual enterprises using Web-Services standards

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 612-622

  Fung, Richard Y K ^a   Chen, Tsiushuang ^b   Sun, Xin ^b   Tu, Paul Y L ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infrastructure; Multi agent; SOAP; UDDI; Web Services; WSDL

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MARKUP LANGUAGES; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NETWORKS; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

INFRASTRUCTURE; MULTI-AGENT; SOAP; UDDI; WEB SERVICES; WSDL;

AGENTS;

EID: 53549098823     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-007-1243-1     Document Type: Article

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