Resource Control in Large-Scale Mobile-Agents Systems

Abstract : This project aimed at gaining a better understanding of mobile-agent systems, and in particular their scalability and ability to interoperate with other mobile-agent systems. Using models, simulation, and large-scale experiments, and collaborating with the developers of other mobile-agent systems, we performed the first and (to date) most extensive scalability analysis of mobile-agent software. We compared their performance on information-retrieval tasks common to many application domains. We explored their performance benefits in a wireless-network environment. We developed technology that allows a mobile agent written for one mobile-agent system to migrate to and execute in a different mobile-agent system. We also expanded our prior work on the security of mobile agents.

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