(****************************************************************************** * NEGOTATION_PROCESSES.lib: * Process definitions for the example application modeling an online book * auction system described in [Salaun-Ferrara-Chirichiello-04] *****************************************************************************) (* A requester is a client. It starts the controller which is responsible for * the negotiation with adequate parameters and it waits for an answer. * Parameters are the identifier of the book, the initial price to propose, the * invariant to respect, the function to compute values to propose. *) process Requester [request, reply, order, refusal, sendpriceP, sendpriceR, givingup] (ref : Nat, pi : Nat, inv : Inv, computfct : Comp) : exit := Controller [request, reply, order, refusal, sendpriceP, sendpriceR, givingup] (ref, pi, inv, computfct) >> accept status : Bool in exit endproc (* --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *) (* The controller process sends a request to a provider to verify that store has * available copies of the book. Depending on the reply, it starts the subprocess * NegotiateC in charge of the negotiation rounds or it recalls its again to try * another bookstore. * Parameters are those transmitted by the client/requester. *) process Controller [request, reply, order, refusal, sendpriceP, sendpriceR, givingup] (ref : Nat, pi : Nat, inv : Inv, computfct : Comp) : exit (Bool) := request !ref; reply ?b : Bool; ( ( [b] -> NegotiateC [order, refusal, sendpriceP, sendpriceR, givingup] (pi, inv, computfct) >> accept status : Bool in ( [not (status)] -> (* failure case *) Controller [request, reply, order, refusal, sendpriceP, sendpriceR, givingup] (ref, pi, inv, computfct) [] [status] -> (* case of a successful order *) exit (true) ) ) [] ( [not (b)] -> (* let us try another bookstore *) Controller [request, reply, order, refusal, sendpriceP, sendpriceR, givingup] (ref, pi, inv, computfct) ) ) [] (* The controller stops the nego (or no satisfactory answers). *) exit (false) endproc (* --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *) (* This process deals with the negotiation rounds on behalf of the Controller. * It proposes prices or receives prices and depending on the value of its * invariant for each price it refuses or orders the book. * It uses a simple strategy: it buys as soon as the price satifies its required * invariant. * It is based on the assumption that each participant proposes values towards * the other party, that is to say, that a provider lowers the value, and that a * requester rises the value. *) process NegotiateC [order, refusal, sendpriceP, sendpriceR, givingup] (curp : Nat, inv : Inv, computfct : Comp) : exit (Bool) := sendpriceP ?p : Nat; ( [conform (p, inv)] -> order; exit (true) [] [not (conform (p, inv))] -> refusal; NegotiateC [order, refusal, sendpriceP, sendpriceR, givingup] (curp, inv, computfct) ) [] [conform (curp, inv)] -> sendpriceR !curp; ( order; exit (true) [] refusal; NegotiateC [order, refusal, sendpriceP, sendpriceR, givingup] (compute (curp, computfct), inv, computfct) ) [] givingup; (* The client/requester stops because results not satisfactory. *) exit (false) endproc (* =========================================================================== *) (* A provider waits for some requests. Then, it tests if the book belongs to its * base. If it is the case, it launches its negotiating subprocess. Otherwise, it * calls itself recursively. * Parameters are the bookstore, the function to compute the initial value to * propose, and the function to compute the other values. *) process Provider [request, reply, order, refusal, sendpriceP, sendpriceR, givingup] (bs : BookStore, initfct : Comp, computfct : Comp) : exit := request ?r : Nat; reply !isAvailable (r, bs); ( ( [isAvailable (r, bs)] -> NegotiateP [order, refusal, sendpriceP, sendpriceR, givingup] (compute (retrievePrice (r, bs), initfct), retrieveInv (r, bs), computfct) >> accept status : Bool in ( [not (status)] -> Provider [request, reply, order, refusal, sendpriceP, sendpriceR, givingup] (bs, initfct, computfct) [] [status] -> Provider [request, reply, order, refusal, sendpriceP, sendpriceR, givingup] (decrease (r, 1, bs), initfct, computfct) ) ) [] ( [not (isAvailable (r, bs))] -> Provider [request, reply, order, refusal, sendpriceP, sendpriceR, givingup] (bs, initfct, computfct) ) ) [] exit endproc (* --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *) (* This process deals with the negotiation rounds on behalf of a provider; it is * complementary to the process NegotiatieC introduced above. * Let us remind that the provider as the client can propose values. *) process NegotiateP [order, refusal, sendpriceP, sendpriceR, givingup] (curprice : Nat, inv : Inv, computfct : Comp) : exit (Bool) := [conform (curprice, inv)] -> sendpriceP !curprice; ( order; exit (true) [] refusal; NegotiateP [order, refusal, sendpriceP, sendpriceR, givingup] (compute (curprice, computfct), inv, computfct) ) [] [not (conform (curprice, inv))] -> (* The provider stops because it is impossible to reach an agreement *) exit (false) [] sendpriceR ?p : Nat; ( [conform (p, inv)] -> order; exit (true) [] [not (conform (p, inv))] -> refusal; NegotiateP [order, refusal, sendpriceP, sendpriceR, givingup] (curprice, inv, computfct) ) [] givingup; (* Stops because the client stops too *) exit (false) endproc (* --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *)