Various extensions of UML have been developed to meet the challenges of designing modern software systems, such as agent based electronic commerce applications. Recent advances in model checking technology have led i...Various extensions of UML have been developed to meet the challenges of designing modern software systems, such as agent based electronic commerce applications. Recent advances in model checking technology have led it to be introduced into the development of approaches and tools to check the correctness of electronic commerce protocols. This paper focuses on the research of a method that connects an extension of AUML to model checker SPIN/Promela for the specification and verification of agent interaction protocols (AIP) in electronic commerce. The method presented here allows us to combine the benefits of visual specification with the power of some static analysis and model checking. Some algorithms and rules are developed to permit all visual modeling constructs translated mechanically into some Promela models of AIP, as supported by the model checker SPIN. Moreover, a process is illustrated to guide the specification and verification of AIP. The method is demonstrated thoroughly using the e commerce protocol NetBill as an example.展开更多
Despite its name, e-commerce is not fully automated. Typically, online transactions require a significant level of human intervention. Customers undertake the search for products, services, potential vendors and busin...Despite its name, e-commerce is not fully automated. Typically, online transactions require a significant level of human intervention. Customers undertake the search for products, services, potential vendors and business partners. They evaluate alternatives, decide what goods to buy and when, from which vendor, and how much they are willing to pay for. They engage in potential negotiations, carry out the transactions and so on. As those markets become mature, new products and services, as well as new practices, are beginning to appear. There is already ample evidence that agent-based technology will be crucial for these developments, reflecting that both buyers and sellers being vigorously seek techniques to improve their performance. This work surveys several of these agents that help electronic commerce systems by describing their roles in the context of a Consumer Buying Behavior (CBB) model. The CBB model presented augments traditional marketing models with concepts from Software Agents research to accommodate electronic markets.展开更多
Telecommunication business management is an extremely complex task. The research of the Multi-agentsystem in the Distributed Artificial Intelligence provides a new implementation method for telecommunicationbusiness m...Telecommunication business management is an extremely complex task. The research of the Multi-agentsystem in the Distributed Artificial Intelligence provides a new implementation method for telecommunicationbusiness management.Telecommunication Business Management System (TBMS) is an applied system, which isbased on multi-agents. In this paper, the architecture of TBMS based on multi-agent is presented, and someemployed techniques are explained. To achieve the overall managemenl task agents are specified into severalcategories to accomplish subtasks. This Paper also shows the slructure and organization of the TBMS.展开更多
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文摘Various extensions of UML have been developed to meet the challenges of designing modern software systems, such as agent based electronic commerce applications. Recent advances in model checking technology have led it to be introduced into the development of approaches and tools to check the correctness of electronic commerce protocols. This paper focuses on the research of a method that connects an extension of AUML to model checker SPIN/Promela for the specification and verification of agent interaction protocols (AIP) in electronic commerce. The method presented here allows us to combine the benefits of visual specification with the power of some static analysis and model checking. Some algorithms and rules are developed to permit all visual modeling constructs translated mechanically into some Promela models of AIP, as supported by the model checker SPIN. Moreover, a process is illustrated to guide the specification and verification of AIP. The method is demonstrated thoroughly using the e commerce protocol NetBill as an example.
文摘Despite its name, e-commerce is not fully automated. Typically, online transactions require a significant level of human intervention. Customers undertake the search for products, services, potential vendors and business partners. They evaluate alternatives, decide what goods to buy and when, from which vendor, and how much they are willing to pay for. They engage in potential negotiations, carry out the transactions and so on. As those markets become mature, new products and services, as well as new practices, are beginning to appear. There is already ample evidence that agent-based technology will be crucial for these developments, reflecting that both buyers and sellers being vigorously seek techniques to improve their performance. This work surveys several of these agents that help electronic commerce systems by describing their roles in the context of a Consumer Buying Behavior (CBB) model. The CBB model presented augments traditional marketing models with concepts from Software Agents research to accommodate electronic markets.
文摘Telecommunication business management is an extremely complex task. The research of the Multi-agentsystem in the Distributed Artificial Intelligence provides a new implementation method for telecommunicationbusiness management.Telecommunication Business Management System (TBMS) is an applied system, which isbased on multi-agents. In this paper, the architecture of TBMS based on multi-agent is presented, and someemployed techniques are explained. To achieve the overall managemenl task agents are specified into severalcategories to accomplish subtasks. This Paper also shows the slructure and organization of the TBMS.
