An approach to multi-attribute negotiation between semantic web services

International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-186

  Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Mishra, R B ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Multi attribute; Negotiation; Semantic web; Semantic web service; SWS; Utility

Indexed keywords

SEMANTIC WEB; WEBSITES;

COMMUNICATION MODELING; MULTI-ATTRIBUTES; MULTIATTRIBUTE NEGOTIATION; NEGOTIATION; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; SERVICE PROVIDER; UTILITY;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 70349479004     PISSN: 14761289     EISSN: 17419212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWET.2009.028619     Document Type: Article

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