Service-Oriented Computing: Agents, Semantics, and Engineering AAMAS 2008 International Workshop, SOCASE 2008 Estoril, Portugal, May 12, 2008 Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Workshop on Service-Oriented Computing: Agents, Semantics, and Engineering, SOCASE 2008, held in Estoril, Portugal, as an associated event of AAMAS 2008, the main international conference on autonomous agents and multi-agent systems.
The 11 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers address a range of topics at the intersection of service-oriented computing, semantic technology, and intelligent multiagent systems, such as: service description and discovery; planning, composition and negotiation; semantic processes and service agents; and applications.

A Middleware Architecture for Building Contract-Aware Agent-Based Services.- A Knowledge Technologies-Based Multi-agent System for eGovernment Environments.- Towards a Broker Agent in the Semantic Services Environment.- Pattern-Based Semantic Tagging for Ontology Population.- Service-Based Integration of Grid and Multi-Agent Systems Models.- Discovering Homogenous Service Communities through Web Service Clustering.- Collaborative Learning Agents Supporting Service Network Management.- A Multi-Agent Architecture for NATO Network Enabled Capabilities: Enabling Semantic Interoperability in Dynamic Environments (NC3A RD-2376).- An Agent for Asymmetric Process Mediation in Open Environments.- Towards an Emergent Taxonomy Approach for Adaptive Profiling.- Commitment-Based Service Coordination.