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Mobile Agents in Networking and Distributed Computing
Jiannong Cao (Author), Sajal Kumar Das (Author)
9780471751601, Wiley
Hardback, published 17 August 2012
352 pages
24.1 x 16.3 x 1 cm, 0.621 kg
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.
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
Subject Areas: Electronics & communications engineering [TJ]
