Mobile agents in networking and distributed computing /
edited by Jiannong Cao, Sajal K. Das.
- 1 PDF (xiii, 331 pages) : illustrations.
- Wiley series in agent technology ; 3 .
- Wiley series in agent technology ; 3 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
FOREWORD ix -- PREFACE xi -- CONTRIBUTORS xiii -- PART I INTRODUCTION 1 -- 1 Mobile Agents and Applications in Networking and Distributed Computing 3 -- PART II PRINCIPLES OF APPLYING MOBILE AGENTS 17 -- 2 Mobile Agent Communications 19 -- 3 Distributed Security Algorithms for Mobile Agents 41 -- 4 Mobile Agent Coordination 71 -- 5 Cooperating Mobile Agents 93 -- PART III MOBILE AGENT BASED TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS 127 -- 6 Network Routing 129 -- 7 Resource and Service Discovery 161 -- 8 Distributed Control 189 -- 9 Distributed Databases and Transaction Processing 219 -- 10 Mobile Agents in Mobile and Wireless Computing 243 -- PART IV DESIGN AND EVALUATION 263 -- 11 Naplet: Microkernel and Pluggable Design of Mobile Agent Systems 265 -- 12 Performance Evaluation of Mobile Agent Platforms and Comparison with Client / Server Technologies 299 -- Index 323
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"The book focuses on mobile agents, which are computer programs that can autonomously migrate between network sites. This text introduces the concepts and principles of mobile agents, provides an overview of mobile agent technology, and focuses on applications in networking and distributed computing"--
Mode of access: World Wide Web
9781118135617
10.1002/9781118135617 doi
Mobile agents (Computer software) Electronic data processing--Distributed processing.