Scientific workflows have gained great momentum in recent years due to their critical roles in e-Science and cyberinfrastructure applications. However, some tasks of a scientific w...
Liqiang Wang, Shiyong Lu, Xubo Fei, Jeffrey L. Ram
Abstract. We present a formal model of negotiation between autonomous agents. The purpose of the negotiation is to reach an agreement about the provision of a service by one agent ...
Carles Sierra, Peyman Faratin, Nicholas R. Jenning...
In order to co-ordinate multiple resource providers in grid environment to meet a common objective, support for negotiation is needed to establish a contract between the user and ...
Ponnuram Balakrishnan, S. Thamarai Selvi, Gnanapra...
This paper presents a new algorithm for a reconfigurable distributed domain-oriented atomic object service, called DO-RAMBO, which stands for Domain-Oriented Reconfigurable Atom...
Chryssis Georgiou, Peter M. Musial, Alexander A. S...
A key issue in utility computing environments, such as utility Grids, is the provisioning, orchestration and allocation of resources to services. In these environments, providers ...