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<article-title>Web Services Negotiation in an Insurance Grid</article-title>
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<author><a href="mailto:sha@csc.liv.ac.uk"><name>Shamimabi Paurobally</name></a></author>
<aff>Department of Computer Science University of Liverpool<br/> Liverpool L69 3BX, U.K</aff>

<author><a href="mailto:chris@y-all.nl"><name>Chris van Aart</name></a></author>
<aff>Y'All B.V., Grotestraat 182, 5141 HD Waalwijk,<br/> The Netherlands</aff>

<author><a href="mailto:valli@csc.liv.ac.uk"><name>Valentina Tamma</name></a></author>
<aff>Department of Computer Science University of Liverpool<br/> Liverpool L69 3BX, U.Kl</aff>

<author><a href="mailto:mjw@csc.liv.ac.uk"><name>Michael Wooldridge</name></a></author>
<aff>Department of Computer Science University of Liverpool <br/>Liverpool L69 3BX, U.Kl</aff>

<author><a href="mailto:pvanhapert@boydinternational.nl"><name>Peter van Hapert</name></a></author>
<aff>Boyd International, B.V., Stationsstraat 11, <br/>Tilburg, NL-5000AE, The Netherlands</aff>

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<p>There are an increasing number of initiatives for the migration of agents research towards new Internet technologies such as the semantic web, Grid, and web services. On
the one hand, service oriented Grid architectures need to
support dynamic cooperation, negotiation and coordination
between web services controlling Grid resources, for efficient
resource and task allocation and execution. On the other
hand, the Grid can facilitate agent communication, life-cycle
management, and access to resources for agents. The insurance sector is one such area that would benefit from the
automation brought by multi-agent systems techniques in
handling claims and detecting fraudulent cases. In this paper, we discuss our work on facilitating dynamic and adaptive negotiation between web and grid services. We describe
our deployed approach in an InsuranceGrid, which manages
businesses involved in dealing with car damage claims for a
number of insurance companies.</p>
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