In this paper we present how to use the Agent MOdeling LAnguage (AMOLA) to define agent interaction protocols and how to integrate these in an agent model. AMOLA provides the synt...
The service discovery is a key step during Peer-to-Peer (P2P) converging with Web Service. In this paper, a semantic-P2P based approach is presented for web service discovery. To e...
This paper proposes a family of replication protocols based on group communication in order to address some of the concerns expressed by database designers regarding existing repl...
In the Design By Contract (DBC) approach, programmers specify methods with pre and postconditions (also called contracts). Earlier work added protocols to the DBC approach to desc...
Protocols enable unambiguous, smooth interactions among agents. Commitments among agents are a powerful means of developing protocols. Commitments enable flexible execution of pro...