T ravel A gent G ame in A gentcities

Travel Agent Game in Agentcities

http://taga.umbc.edu/

TechnologiesTechnologiesFIPA (JADE, April Agent Platform)Semantic Web ( RDF & OWL)Web (SOAP, WSDL, DAML-S)Internet (Java Web Start )

FeaturesFeaturesOpen Market FrameworkAuction ServicesRDF message contentTravel Market OntologyGlobal Agent Community

Acknowledgements: DARPA contract F30602-00-2-0591 and Fujitsu Laboratories of America. Students: Y. Zou, L. Ding, H. Chen, R. Pan. Faculty: T. Finin, Y. Peng, A. Joshi, R. Cost. 2/03

MotivationMotivationMarket DynamicsAuction Theory (TAC)Knowledge Representation (Semantic Web)Agent Collaboration (FIPA & Agentcities)

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Travel Agents

Auction Service Agent

Customer Agent

Bulletin BoardAgent

Market Oversight Agent

Request

Direct Buy

Report Direct Buy Transactions

BidBid

CFP

Report Auction Transactions

Report Travel Package

Report Contract

Proposal

Web Service Agents