Automated Negotiation for Grid Notification Services

Lawley, Richard and Decker, Keith and Luck, Michael and Payne, Terry and Moreau, Luc (2004) Automated Negotiation for Grid Notification Services. In: Euro-Par 2003, 26th-29th August, 2003, Klagenfurt, Austria.

Abstract

Notification Services mediate between information publishers and con- sumers that wish to subscribe to periodic updates. In many cases, however, there is a mismatch between the dissemination of these updates and the delivery preferences of the consumer, often in terms of frequency of delivery, quality, etc. In this paper, we present an automated negotiation engine that identifies mutually acceptable terms; we study its performance, and discuss its application to a Grid Notification Service. We also demonstrate how the negotiation engine enables users to control the Quality of Service levels they require.

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