The Model and Design of Cooperative Interaction for Service Composition

In this paper, we describe Jack-in-the-Net (Ja-Net), a framework to achieve adaptive service composition in a large scale, open network environment. In Ja-Net, a service is implemented by a collection of cyber-entities and provided through cooperative interaction of cyber-entities. Cyber-entities communicate with each other using Ja-Net ACL (Agent Communication Language) and establish relationships with interaction partner cyber-entities through cooperation. As relationships grow, an emergent web of cyber-entities results. When interacting, a cyber-entity selects suitable interaction partner cyber-entities from cyber-entities that it has established relationships with by examining relationships to each cyber-entity. In Ja-Net, a new service is composed of when a cyber-entity establishes a relationship with a new cyber-entity.