Agent-Based Technologies and Applications for Enterprise Interoperability
The ATOP (Agent-Based Technologies and Applications for Enterprise Interoperability) workshop series focuses on technologies that support interoperability in networked organizations, on successful applications of these technologies, and on lessons learned
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Klaus Fischer Jörg P. Müller Renato Levy (Eds.)
Agent-Based Technologies and Applications for Enterprise Interoperability International Workshops ATOP 2009, Budapest, Hungary, May 12, 2009, and ATOP 2010, Toronto, ON, Canada, May 10, 2010 Revised Selected Papers
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Volume Editors Klaus Fischer Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI) GmbH 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany E-mail: klaus.fi[email protected] Jörg P. Müller Technische Universität Clausthal 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany E-mail: [email protected] Renato Levy Intelligent Automation, Inc. Rockville, MD, 20855, USA E-mail: [email protected]
ISSN 1865-1348 e-ISSN 1865-1356 ISBN 978-3-642-28562-2 e-ISBN 978-3-642-28563-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-28563-9 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2012931969 ACM Computing Classification (1998): J.1, H.3.5, I.2.11, D.2.12
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Preface
Today’s enterprises must adapt their software processes to work in open settings, such as online marketplaces and, more generally, the Web, where business relationships exhibit a high degree of dynamism. Moreover, open settings are characterized by the autonomy and heterogeneity of the enterprises. In such settings, interoperability is a key concern: how do we ensure that diverse enterprises can work together toward a mutually desirable end? Interoperability problems occur at different levels: at the business level (how organizations do business together, what needs to be described and how?), at the knowledge level (different formats, schemas, and ontologies), and at the infrastructure level (the underlying information and communication technologies and systems). Agents, Model Driven Architecture (MDA), and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) are complementary approaches to addressing the enterprise interoperability problem. Agents enable dynamic collaboration and orchestration in changing and unpredictable situations; MDA provides mechanisms th
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