scholarly journals Multi Agent Systems Combined with Semantic Technologies for Automated Negotiation in Virtual Enterprises

10.5772/14986 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koppensteiner Gottfried ◽  
Merdan Munir ◽  
Lepuschitz Wilfried ◽  
Moser Thomas ◽  
Reinprecht Constanti
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Enterprises ◽  
Automated Negotiation ◽  
Semantic Technologies ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Multi Agent

ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE CREATION AND RESTRUCTURING PROCESS OF EMERGENT ENTERPRISE ALLIANCES

2004 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 33-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIHAELA ULIERU ◽  
RAINER UNLAND
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Virtual Enterprises ◽  
Multi Agent System ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Agent System ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Restructuring Process ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Deep Integration

In today's world, it is of utterly importance for enterprises to react in a timely and flexible way to upcoming complex market demands. One solution is given by the concept of virtual enterprise and enterprise alliances, respectively. In order to function efficiently and flexibly such enterprises need to be deeply integrated. Based on previous work combining the concepts of virtual enterprises, holonic organizations and multi-agent systems to support such deep integration, the paper discusses in detail how well-suiting partners and contributors for a given (bunch of) task(s) can be found using today's state-of-the-art technologies. Mapping an enterprise alliance onto a multi-agent system is enabled by a methodology equipping each agent with the ability to deal and consider its own goals (goals of the unit it represents) as well as the goals of the unit in which it is integrated (the higher level unit).

Virtual Enterprise Formation Supported by Agents and Web Services

2008 ◽  
pp. 46-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sobah Abbas Petersen ◽  
Jinghai Rao ◽  
Mihhail Matskin
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Software Agents ◽  
Virtual Enterprises ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Semantic Web Technology ◽  
Agent Interaction ◽  
Multi Agent

This chapter describes the use of software agents and Web Services to support the formation of Virtual Enterprises. The partners of a Virtual Enterprise are represented as software agents. The AGORA multi-agent architecture is used. The focus of this chapter is on the description of the services provided by each partner and the partner selection process. The concept of Agent Interaction Protocols is used to manage the interactions during the formation of the Virtual Enterprise. An implementation of the ideas and examples from industrial case studies are used for the validation of the approach and discussions. The use of Semantic Web technology and Web Services with multi-agent systems is discussed as the future directions for this work.

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