I will first talk about a few projects (including Agent-based and other
applications) that are being developed at the Distributed AI & Robotics
group at LIACC – AI and Computer Science Lab at the University of Porto.
I will then follow with the main topic of the presentation which is related
with Electronic Institutions, a framework for facilitating B2B automatic
interoperability.
I will discuss our approach and proposal for an Electronic Institution
platform mainly for B2B inter-operability. Our model, as well as
implementation, provides services including adaptive negotiation
protocols, ontology services and a normative environment leading to
electronic contracts formation and monitoring. Moreover, Computational
Trust and Reputation Models are being developed to help on partners’
selection process.
Discussion on potential joint collaboration will be welcome.