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

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Author	Fung, Richard Y. K. Chen, Tsiushuang Sun, Xin Tu, Paul Y. L.
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	Nowadays, most products in the market are increasing unlikely manufactured entirely within a single company. Instead, a network of manufacturing companies, usually known as a Virtual Enterprise, is involved. Each of the companies becomes a node in the network to play a role in the value-adding process in the production cycle. In other words, a Virtual Enterprise (VE) is an ad hoc organization that combines the competencies of its partners and commits its resources flexibly to respond to business opportunities. To facilitate effective collaboration, suitable information systems that can enable VE partners to communicate and share data, information and knowledge across organizational boundaries are essential. One of the major obstacles towards achieving this goal is a lack of standardized technologies to allow partnering enterprises to publicise their services and expertise as well as locating and interacting with one another in a dynamic fashion. This paper proposes a multi-agent infrastructure to manage VEs and support XML-based agents coordination using a contract net protocol and Web Services standards. Feasible agent-based architectures for partnering enterprises are also suggested and illustrated.
Starting Page	612
Ending Page	622
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	02683768
Journal	The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Volume Number	39
Issue Number	5-6
e-ISSN	14333015
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2007-10-16
Publisher Place	London
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Multi-agent Infrastructure Web Services UDDI WSDL SOAP Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design Mechanical Engineering Production/Logistics Industrial and Production Engineering
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Control and Systems Engineering Mechanical Engineering Computer Science Applications Software

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