Composing web services enacted by autonomous agents through agent-centric contract net protocol

Lee, Shin-Jie; Chen, Hsi-Min; Wu, Chi‐Hua

doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2012.03.001

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“…We applied the REAL (Risk-Enabled Reputation Model) method [16] to evaluate the reputation of mobile apps. The application of the REAL method progresses through three steps.…”

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confidence: 99%

Mobile Application Search: A QoS-Aware and Tag-Based Approach

Ma¹,

Lee²,

Lee³

et al. 2015

EAI Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligen

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The availability of enormous numbers of mobile applications (apps) is driving demand for the means to search for, recommend, and manage apps. Existing search engines provide basic search functionalities that enable users to find apps by issuing query keywords; however, the ranking of search results does not always satisfy the expectations of users. This study proposes a novel approach to address this issue, called Tag-based and QoS-aware Mobile Application Search and Management (TQMASM). The proposed system provides two functionalities: (1) QoS-aware app search and tag-based app recommendation; and (2) tag-based app management. QoS-aware app search is an objective means of sorting search results by considering QoS (Quality of Service) factors, popularity, and reputation. Tag-based recommendation is used to find apps according to tags annotated by all users. Tag-based management utilizes an hierarchical tree and tag annotation to facilitate the management and usage of apps. A prototype realization of TQMASM was developed to evaluate the feasibility of the proposed approach. Experiment results demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed system in providing a satisfactory ranking of retrieved apps.

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“…We applied the REAL (Risk-Enabled Reputation Model) method [16] to evaluate the reputation of mobile apps. The application of the REAL method progresses through three steps.…”

Section: Reputation Score (Rs)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Mobile Application Search: A QoS-Aware and Tag-Based Approach

Ma¹,

Lee²,

Lee³

et al. 2015

EAI Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligen

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“…Another successful market-based distributed algorithm is contract net protocol (CNP) which was proposed by Smith [25] in 1980. Agents can allocate tasks based on the market bidding mechanism (inviting tendering-bidding-winning), so that the whole multiagent system can complete tasks with low cost and high quality [26]. Contract net protocol was employed in manufacturing systems.…”

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A Dynamic Task Scheduling Method for Multiple UAVs Based on Contract Net Protocol

Zhang

Liu

2022

Sensors

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Unmanned aerial vehicles are becoming promising platforms for disaster relief, such as providing emergency communication services in wireless sensor networks, delivering some living supplies, and mapping for disaster recovery. Dynamic task scheduling plays a very critical role in coping with emergent tasks. To solve the multi-UAV dynamic task scheduling, this paper constructs a multi-constraint mathematical model for multi-UAV dynamic task scheduling, involving task demands and platform capabilities. Three objectives are considered, which are to maximize the total profit of scheduled tasks, to minimize the time consumption, and to balance the number of scheduled tasks for multiple UAVs. The multi-objective problem is converted into single-objective optimization via the weighted sum method. Then, a novel dynamic task scheduling method based on a hybrid contract net protocol is proposed, including a buy-sell contract, swap contract, and replacement contract. Finally, extensive simulations are conducted under three scenarios with emergency tasks, pop-up obstacles, and platform failure to verify the superiority of the proposed method.

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