Authors:
Giannis Koumoutsos
and
Kleanthis Thramboulidis
Affiliation:
Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Patras, Greece
Keyword(s):
E-negotiations, Ontologies, Process Specification, Protocol Specification, Semantic Web Services.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Agents
;
Artificial Intelligence
;
Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems
;
Cloud Computing
;
Collaboration and e-Services
;
Communication and Software Technologies and Architectures
;
Data Engineering
;
Distributed and Mobile Software Systems
;
e-Business
;
e-Negotiation and Auction Mechanisms
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development
;
Knowledge-Based Systems
;
Languages, Tools and Architectures
;
Mobile Software and Services
;
Model-Driven Software Development
;
Multi-Agent Systems
;
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
;
Semantic Web
;
Service-Oriented Architectures
;
Services Science
;
Soft Computing
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Software Engineering
;
Software Engineering Methods and Techniques
;
Symbolic Systems
;
Technology Platforms
;
Telecommunications
;
Web and Mobile Business Systems and Services
;
Web Services
;
Wireless Information Networks and Systems
;
XML and Domain Mark-up Languages
Abstract:
In this paper a framework to support fully automate e-negotiations is presented. A novel approach that exploits ontologies, Semantic Web Services and software agent platforms to define an architecture that favours flexible, dynamically created and adapted e-negotiations, is described. Negotiating agents can enter a negotiation area, acquire the negotiation protocol or even suggest their own in a widely understandable notation and participate. Rule-based protocol specification along with process specification for describing interactions during e-negotiations is presented.