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Vol: 48(62) No: 1 / March 2003 A Multi Agent System for Travel Agencies C. Turcu Computers and Automation Dept, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Suceava, 9, University Street, Suceava, Romania, phone: (40) 230-522978, e-mail: cturcu@eed.usv.ro, web: http://www.eed.usv.ro/~cturcu Keywords: agent, Multi Agent System, network, Internet, communications. Abstract In Multi Agent Systems (MAS) the main goal is to provide fruitful cooperation among agents in order to enrich the support given to all user activities. This paper deals with the development of a multi-agent system aimed at solving all reservation problems encountered in travel agencies. Due to their benefits over the last few years, online travel agencies have become a very useful instrument in planning vacations. A MAS concept (which is based on the Internet exploitation) can improve this activity and provide clients with a new, rapid and efficient way of making travel arangements. References [1] Dominguez, Tomas, “Definicion de un Modelo Concurrente Orientado a Objetos para Sistemas Multiagente”, PhD. Thesis, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Dep. Ingeneria de Sistemas Telematicos, 1992. [2] Fernandez, C., “Definicion de uma metodologia para el desarrolo de sistemas multiagente”, Departamento de Ingineria de Sistemas Telematicos, UP Madrid, 1997. [3] Gonzales, Jose, Velasco, Juan, “A Multiagent Architecture for Symbolic-Connectionist Integration”, ESPRIT Project 9119, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Dep. Ingeneria de Sistemas Telematicos, 1995. [4] Iglesias, F., “A Reference Guide for the MIX Platform”, Departamento de Ingineria de Sistemas Telematicos, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, 1997. [5] Jennings, N. R.; Corera, J. M.; Laresgoiti, I., “Developing industrial multi-agent systems”, First International Conference on Multi-agent Systems, (ICMAS-95), 423-430, (1995). [6] Julian, V., Carrascosa, C., Soler, J., “Una Arquitectura de Sistema Multi-Agente para la Recuperación y Presentación de Información”, IV Congreso ISKO-España, EOCONSID’99, 291-296, (1999). [7] Ljungberg, M., Lucas, A., “The OASIS air-traffic management system”, Proceedings of the Second Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, PRICAI\'92, Seul, Korea, (1992). [8] Neves, M. C., Oliveira, E., “A Control Architecture for an Autonomous Mobile Robot”, Agents’97 Conference, ACM (1997), www.fe.up.pt/~eol/PUBLICATIONS/aa97.zip. [9] Turcu, C., “Contribuţii privind procedee de conducere evoluată a proceselor industriale”, Teză de doctorat, Universitatea Tehnică “Gh. Asachi”, Iaşi, 1999. [10] Wooldridge, M., Jennings, N. R., “Intelligent Agents: Theory and Practice”, The Knowledge Engineering Review, Vol. 10 (2) pp. 115-152 (1995). |