Information Technology Reference
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Fig. 12.15
Types of services
12.7.5.2 Protocols
User Agent
Each entity has a user agent to negotiate with the agent contained in the information
capsule.
Finding Services
• An entity who wants the service distributes the information capsules of the
service demand to the community.
• An entity who can supply the service distributes the information capsule of the
service demand to the community.
• The service supply agent, the a service demand agent, and the user agent
exchange the information about services.
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If supply and demand match, the value of the service is presented.
Evaluating Values
• The service supply agent and the service demand agent evaluate the value vector
using the evaluation functions mentioned above.
• The service demand agent present the value vector in the local currency to be
used for the payment.
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If the results of the value evaluation benefit each entity, the transaction comes off
successfully.
Payment
The information capsule of the local currency is moved from the customer entity to
the supplier entity.
