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A Distributed Algorithm for Web Service Composition Based on Service Agent Model
December 2011 (vol. 22 no. 12)
pp. 2008-2021
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Hongxia Tong, Jian Cao, Shensheng Zhang, Minglu Li, "A Distributed Algorithm for Web Service Composition Based on Service Agent Model," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 2008-2021, December, 2011.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/TPDS.2011.127,
author = {Hongxia Tong and Jian Cao and Shensheng Zhang and Minglu Li},
title = {A Distributed Algorithm for Web Service Composition Based on Service Agent Model},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems},
volume = {22},
number = {12},
issn = {1045-9219},
year = {2011},
pages = {2008-2021},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TPDS.2011.127},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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JO - IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
TI - A Distributed Algorithm for Web Service Composition Based on Service Agent Model
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SN - 1045-9219
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EPD - 2008-2021
A1 - Hongxia Tong,
A1 - Jian Cao,
A1 - Shensheng Zhang,
A1 - Minglu Li,
PY - 2011
KW - Distributed planning algorithm
KW - web service composition
KW - software agent
KW - service agent model.
VL - 22
JA - IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
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Hongxia Tong, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Jian Cao, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai
Shensheng Zhang, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai
Minglu Li, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai
Agent-based service composition has provided a promising computing paradigm for the automatic web service composition. In this paper, a formal service agent model is proposed, which integrates the web service and software agent technologies into one cohesive entity. Based on the service agent model, a distributed planning algorithm for web service composition called DPAWSC is presented. DPAWSC formalizes web service composition into a graph search problem according to the dependence relations among service agents. The key to DPAWSC is that the alternative solution with smaller length has higher priority to be searched than one with larger length. DPAWSC is based on the distributed decision making of the autonomous service agents and addresses the distributed nature of web service composition. We evaluate the algorithm by simulation experiments and the results demonstrate that DPAWSC is effective for its ability to produce the high quality solution at a low cost of communications.

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Index Terms:
Distributed planning algorithm, web service composition, software agent, service agent model.
Citation:
Hongxia Tong, Jian Cao, Shensheng Zhang, Minglu Li, "A Distributed Algorithm for Web Service Composition Based on Service Agent Model," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 2008-2021, Dec. 2011, doi:10.1109/TPDS.2011.127
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