Web-MASI: Multi-Agent Systems Interoperability Using a Web Services Based Approach

This chapter introduces a hybrid ontology mediation approach for deploying Semantic Web Services (SWS) using Multi-agent systems (MAS). The methodology that the authors have applied combines both syntactic and semantic matching techniques for mapping ontological schemas so as to 1) eliminate heterogeneity; 2)provide higher precision and relevance in matched results; 3) produce better reliability and 4) achieve schema homogeneity. The authors introduce a hybrid matching algorithm i.e. SRS (Semantic Relatedness Score) which is a composite matcher that comprises thirteen well established semantic and syntactic algorithms which have been widely used in linguistic analysis. This chapter provides empirical evidence via several hypothesis tests for validating our approach. A detailed mapping algorithm as well as a Multi-agent based system (MAS) prototype has been developed for brokering Web services as proof-of-concept and to further validate the presented approach. Agent systems today provide brokering services that heavily rely on matching algorithms that at present focus mainly only on syntactic matching techniques. The authors provide empirical evidence that their hybrid approach is a better solution to this problem.

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Multi-Agent Systems Integration in Enterprise Environments Using Web Services

International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies ◽

10.4018/jiit.2006070105 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 72-88 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eduardo H. Ramirez ◽

Ramón F. Brena

Keyword(s):

Web Services ◽

Systems Integration ◽

Multi Agent Systems ◽

Agent Systems ◽

Multi Agent

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Multi-Agent Systems for Semantic Web Services Composition

Handbook of Research on Social Dimensions of Semantic Technologies and Web Services ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-650-1.ch016 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 324-339 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Agostino Poggi ◽

Paola Turci

Keyword(s):

Web Services ◽

Agent Technology ◽

Semantic Web Services ◽

Web Services Composition ◽

Multi Agent Systems ◽

Agent Systems ◽

Services Composition ◽

Innovative Idea ◽

Multi Agent ◽

Orientation Systems

The vision which is making its way in information technology is to encapsulate organizations’ functionalities within appropriate interfaces and advertise them as one or more Web services, which could be integrated, when brought into play, in workflows. This innovative idea brings with it new outstanding opportunities but also new great issues, related mainly to the ability to automatically discover and compose Web services. Several researchers belonging to the agent community are convinced that this technical area is a natural environment in which the agent technology features can be leveraged to obtain significant advantages. This chapter is aimed at briefly recalling the major results achieved by agent community and showing how their exploitation in the area of service-orientation systems could be very promising.

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Multi-Agent Systems Integration in Enterprise Environments Using Web Services

Agent and Web Service Technologies in Virtual Enterprises ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-648-8.ch010 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 174-189 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Eduardo H. Ramírez ◽

Ramón F. Brena

Keyword(s):

Web Services ◽

Case Studies ◽

Software Agents ◽

Systems Integration ◽

Enterprise Systems ◽

Multi Agent Systems ◽

Time To Market ◽

Agent Based ◽

Agent Systems ◽

Multi Agent

In this paper we present a decoupled architectural approach that allows software agents to interoperate with enterprise systems using Web services. The solution leverages existing technologies and standards in order to reduce the time-to-market and increase the adoption of agent-based applications. We present case studies of applications that have been enhanced by our proposal.

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