Research Article
A collaborative multi-agent based conference planner application using Web and grid services
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/COLCOM.2005.1651230, author={Amina Tariq and Amna Basharat and Arshad Ali and Hafiz Farooq Ahmad and Hiroki Suguri}, title={A collaborative multi-agent based conference planner application using Web and grid services}, proceedings={1st International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={COLLABORATECOM}, year={2006}, month={7}, keywords={Application software Autonomous agents Collaboration Collaborative software Collaborative work Distributed computing Grid computing Multiagent systems Software agents Web services}, doi={10.1109/COLCOM.2005.1651230} }- Amina Tariq
Amna Basharat
Arshad Ali
Hafiz Farooq Ahmad
Hiroki Suguri
Year: 2006
A collaborative multi-agent based conference planner application using Web and grid services
COLLABORATECOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/COLCOM.2005.1651230
Abstract
Distributed collaborative computing services have taken over centralized computing platforms allowing the development of distributed collaborative user applications. These applications enable people and computers to work together more productively. Multi-agent system (MAS) has emerged as a distributed collaborative environment which allows a number of agents to cooperate and interact with each other in a complex environment. We want to place our agents in problems whose solutions require the collation and fusion of information, knowledge or data from distributed and autonomous information sources. In this paper we present the design and implementation of an agent based conference planner application that uses collaborative effort of agents which function continuously and autonomously in a particular environment. The application also enables the collaborative use of services deployed geographically wide in different technologies i.e. software agents, grid computing and Web service. The premise of the application is that it allows autonomous agents interacting with Web and grid services to plan a conference as a proxy to their owners (humans).