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A Multiagent System for the Reliable Execution of Automatically Composed Ad-hoc Processes

Binder, Walter ; Constantinescu, Ion ; Faltings, Boi ; Haller, Klaus ; Türker, Can

In: Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 2006, vol. 12, no. 2, p. 219-237

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    Titre
    • A Multiagent System for the Reliable Execution of Automatically Composed Ad-hoc Processes
    Auteur
    • Binder, Walter. Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Constantinescu, Ion. Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Faltings, Boi. Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Haller, Klaus
    • Türker, Can. Functional Genomics Center Zurich (FGCZ), UNI/ETH Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 2006, vol. 12, no. 2, p. 219-237. Kluwer Academic Publishers
    Autre version électronique
    Classification
    • Informatique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:316916
    Summary
    This article presents an architecture to automatically create ad-hoc processes for complex value-added services and to execute them in a reliable way. The uniqueness of ad-hoc processes is to support users not only in standardized situations like traditional workflows do, but also in unique non-recurring situations. Based on user requirements, a service composition engine generates such ad-hoc processes, which integrate individual services in order to provide the desired functionality. Our infrastructure executes ad-hoc processes by transactional agents in a peer-to-peer style. The process execution is thereby performed under transactional guarantees. Moreover, the service composition engine is used to re-plan in the case of execution failures