The Discovery Agent is performs the Discover Suppliers
activity.
DiscoverSuppliers ??† (BusinessActivity) ??§
(= 1 IsPerformedby.DiscoveryAgent) ??§
(= 1 HasCoordinationFlowConsumes.BuyerNeeds) ??§
(= 1 HasCoordinationFlowProduces.DiscoveredSuppliers)
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4. The Discover Suppliers activity produces a set of discovered suppliers that
meets buyer needs.
DiscoveredSuppliers ??† ( Resource)
(>0 hasCharacteristics . Supplier) ??§
(=1 CoordinatesFlowProducedBy . DiscoverSuppliers) ??§
(=1 CoordinatesFlowConsumedBy . ReceiveDiscoverdSuppliers)
5. The Discovered suppliers resource is produced by the Discover Suppliers activity
and coordinates the Receive-Discovered-Suppliers activity of the buyer
agent.
ReceiveDiscoverdSuppliers ??† (BusinessActivity) ??§
(= 1 IsPerformedby . BuyerAgent) ??§
(= 1 HasCoordinationFlowConsumes . DiscoveredSuppliers)
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