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Inter-organizational Interoperability through Integration of Multiagent, Web Service, and Semantic Web Technologies

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Agent-Based Technologies and Applications for Enterprise Interoperability (ATOP 2009, ATOP 2010)

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This paper presents a software architecture for inter-organizational multiagent systems. The architecture integrates Web service technology into multiagent systems to overcome the technical interoperability problem of current multiagent systems in the fast growing service-oriented environments. We integrate Semantic Web technology to make multiagent systems semantically interoperable. We address the problem of interoperability regarding interfaces, messaging protocols, data exchanged, and security whilst considering a dynamic e-business environment. The proposed architecture enables service virtualization, secure service access across organizational boundaries, service-to-agent communication, and OWL reasoning within agents.

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  1. Information Systems 2, University of Hohenheim, Schwerzstr. 35, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany

    Paul Karaenke & Michael Schuele

  2. MTA SZTAKI, Budapest Lágymányosi u. 11., H-1111, Hungary

    András Micsik

  3. High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, Nobelstr. 19, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany

    Alexander Kipp

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  1. Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI) GmbH, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Klaus Fischer

  2. Technische Universität Clausthal, 38678, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

    Jörg P. Müller

  3. Intelligent Automation, Inc., 20855, Rockville, MD, USA

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Karaenke, P., Schuele, M., Micsik, A., Kipp, A. (2012). Inter-organizational Interoperability through Integration of Multiagent, Web Service, and Semantic Web Technologies. In: Fischer, K., Müller, J.P., Levy, R. (eds) Agent-Based Technologies and Applications for Enterprise Interoperability. ATOP ATOP 2009 2010. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 98. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28563-9_4

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