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An agent-oriented architectural framework for modeling, enacting and managing web services (2003).
| Content Provider | CiteSeerX |
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| Author | Narendra, N. C. |
| Abstract | The ever-widening reach of the Internet has led to the proliferation of web services. Many of them interact with each other and undergo service composition in order to offer more complex services. In order to realize this vision, however, appropriate infrastructure needs to be developed first. The two most critical components of this infrastructure are an overall conceptual architecture that can be practically realized, and a simple (yet expressive) language for service description and composition. There has been a lot of work in recent years on both the above components. However, most of the work has not focused on the fact that web services could be highly dynamic and adaptive. In this paper, we focus on the first component, i.e., the conceptual architecture. Based on our earlier work on Agent Societies [JAIS], which we have called Flexible Agent Society (FAS), we propose an architectural framework where web services are modeled as agents and their interactions are modeled as workflows and multi-agent conversations. Using our earlier work on adaptive workflow and agents [AdaptAgent], we also show how adaptivity in web service interactions can be modeled and managed. Hence our research will show how the FAS, via agent and adaptive workflow technologies, provides a sound framework for the entire web service execution lifecycle, viz., web services discovering each other, forming collaborations, enacting common business processes in order to meet mutually beneficial business goals, and adapting these business processes mid-stream in response to changing business conditions. We will also show we leverage prior work in Web Services Management in order to provide a management infrastructure for web services in the FAS, albeit with some important differences. 1. |
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| Publisher Date | 2003-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Web Service Agent-oriented Architectural Framework Managing Web Service Recent Year Beneficial Business Goal Sound Framework Complex Service Common Business Process Ever-widening Reach Forming Collaboration Web Service Management Conceptual Architecture Entire Web Service Execution Lifecycle Appropriate Infrastructure Undergo Service Composition Multi-agent Conversation Adaptive Workflow Technology Web Service Interaction Flexible Agent Society Management Infrastructure Architectural Framework Agent Adaptagent Critical Component Agent Society Jais Business Condition Important Difference Adaptive Workflow Prior Work Service Description Overall Conceptual Architecture First Component |
| Content Type | Text |
