Peer-to-peer network for flexible service sharing and discovery

Abstract

In this paper we present P2P-based approach for storing, sharing and discovering services, which can be utilized as a base for agent cooperation in distributed multiagent system. The approach is loosely based on Peer-to-Peer based Web Service Discovery (PWSD) architecture and can be seen as its extension and enhancement. Unlike most other P2P-based approaches it allows flexible search queries since all of them are executed against internal database present at each overlay node. The infrastructure proposed in the paper can serve as a base for wide range of applications including distributed scheduling scenarios and service mash-ups. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.