Service based integration of Grid and Multi-Agent Systems models

Meta-data describe job and job-unit related data and include: the kernel check- pointers used, the checkpoint version number, the process list, the process group reference id,

Our approach: transparent access to data A growing number of applications make use of larger and larger amounts of distributed data. We claim that explicit management of data

The expected contributions of this PhD can be summarised as: (i) a design space formulation for flexible composition of applications in highly dynamic and heterogeneous

This special feature aims at shedding light on new emerging holonic and multi-agent systems operating in a service- and computing oriented manufacturing environment, using

The proposed method is applied to a social system layout design problem: underground shopping streets, in which the layout design problem is to determine the store positions to be

The introduction of agent technology opens pos- sibilities that go beyond the production phase, as the product agent can play an important role in other parts of the life cycle of

The inter-enterprise collaboration tier is participated by the private agents of each involved enterprise, the eContract agent, and the reputation flow agent(s) of the ecosystem.

In the area of discrete manufacturing the data model and metamodeling capabilities of the file format Automa- tionML evolved which supports the modular thinking in terms