Title :
An approach to agent-based service composition and its application to mobile business processes
Author :
Berger, Michael ; Bouzid, Makram ; Buckland, Mark ; Lee, Habin ; Lhuillier, Nicolas ; Olpp, Dieter ; Picault, Jérôme ; Shepherdson, John
Author_Institution :
Siemens AG, Muenchen, Germany
Abstract :
This paper describes an architecture model for multiagent systems that was developed in the European project LEAP (Lightweight Extensible Agent Platform). Its main feature is a set of generic services that are implemented independently of the agents and can be installed into the agents by the application developer in a flexible way. Moreover, two applications using this architecture model are described that were also developed within the LEAP project. The application domain is the support of mobile, virtual teams for the German automobile club ADAC and for British Telecommunications.
Keywords :
business data processing; mobile computing; multi-agent systems; ADAC; British Telecommunications; European project LEAP; German automobile club; Lightweight Extensible Agent Platform; agent-based service composition; architecture model; generic services; mobile business processes; multiagent systems; virtual teams; Automobiles; Humans; Internet; Mobile handsets; Multiagent systems; Personal digital assistants; Programmable control; Radio access networks; Testing; Virtual groups;
Journal_Title :
Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMC.2003.1233526
