AFAWS: An Agent based Framework for Autonomic Web Services

Issue title: Development of service-based and agent-based computing systems

Guest editors: Michael N. Huhnsw, Ryszard Kowlczykx, Zakaria Maamary and Rainer Unlandz

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Chainbi, Walid^{a; *} | Mezni, Haithem^b | Ghedira, Khaled^c

Affiliations: [a] Sousse National School of Engineers/SOIE, Sousse, Tunisia | [b] Jendouba University Campus/SOIE, Jendouba, Tunisia | [c] Institut Supérieur de Gestion de Tunis/SOIE, Tunis, Tunisia | [w] Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA | [x] Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia | [y] Zayed University, Dubai, UAE | [z] University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: Autonomic computing is about systems that can manage themselves. Self-management includes self-configuration, self-healing, self-optimization, etc. (self-* properties). Agent technology offers key advantages for the development of autonomic computing systems as it supports autonomy, adaptability, etc. Current Web service standards and technologies do not provide a suitable architecture in which all aspects of self-management can be designed. Moreover, traditional registries are passive entities and are not able to participate, in an autonomic manner, to the Web service adaptation process. In this paper, we present an Agent-based Framework for Autonomic Web Services (AFAWS). This framework is based on two agent-based systems which collaborate to enrich Web services and registries with self-* capabilities.

Keywords: Autonomic computing systems, Web services, autonomic registries, multi-agent systems

DOI: 10.3233/MGS-2012-0185

Journal: Multiagent and Grid Systems , vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 45-68, 2012