Construction of messaging-based enterprise integration solutions using AI planning

Abstract

This paper presents a novel method of using action-based planning for construction of enterprise integration solutions that utilize messaging technologies. More specifically, the presented method is able to generate a sequence of processing steps needed to transform input message flow(s) to specified output message flow(s), taking into account requirements in areas of throughput, availability, service monitoring, message ordering, and message content and format conversions. The method has been implemented as a research prototype. It has been evaluated using scenarios taken from the literature as well as from real-world experience of the authors. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.