RBVO Formation Protocol

The proposed protocol has been designed to support a flexible formation of request-based virtual organizations with an emphasis on reflecting the conditions of real competitive environments. It supports automated or semi-automated negotiations mainly in the creation part of a virtual organization life cycle and accounts for a use of service level agreements. The protocol consists of three phases: (i) potential partner search, (ii) negotiation of SLAs and RBVO establishment, and (Hi) RBVO execution and dissolution. The protocol is based on FIPA standards.