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Fast File Access for Fast Agents
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The mobility of agents allows us to make all file operations local, which significantly reduces access time, and this paper presents a file system for mobile agents based exclusively on local disks of the participating workstations.Abstract:
Mobile agents are a powerful tool for coordinating general purpose distributed computing, where the main goal is high performance. In this paper we demonstrate how the inherent mobility of agents may be exploited to achieve fast file access, which is necessary for most general-purpose applications. We present a file system for mobile agents based exclusively on local disks of the participating workstations. The mobility of agents allows us to make all file operations local, which significantly reduces access time. We also demonstrate how code files and special system files can be handled efficiently in a localdisk-based environment.read more
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Distributed parallel computing using navigational programming
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Messengers: Distributed Programming Using Mobile Agents
TL;DR: The MESSENGERS programming style results in a smaller semantic gap between the abstract algorithms and their implementations, which makes program construction a more intuitive process and the ability to compute in unknown network topologies and dynamically exploit computational resources.
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An agent architecture for managing data resources in a grid environment
TL;DR: The conceptual agent framework and the communication model used in MAPFS-Grid, which provides the management of data resources in a grid environment, are described, which shows the advantages of using agents in a data grid.
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Mobile agents: The right vehicle for distributed sequential computing
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the ability for the locus of computation to migrate across distributed memories and continue the computation as it meets the required data facilitated by mobile agents with strong mobility is essential for scalable distributed sequential programs that preserve the integrity of the original algorithm.
Shared variable programming beyond shared memory: bridging distributed memory with mobile agents
TL;DR: This paper claims that Mobile-Agent-based Shared Variable (MASV) programming is a better approach for general purpose distributed and parallel programming, because it combines the benefits from both SV and MP, and balances convenience and flexibility for its programmers.
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The Java Language Specification
TL;DR: The Java Language Specification, Second Edition is the definitive technical reference for the Java programming language and provides complete, accurate, and detailed coverage of the syntax and semantics of the Java language.
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Tcl and the Tk Toolkit
TL;DR: The Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. as mentioned in this paper has published the first edition of this book, which is available for personal use only and requires prior written permission of the author or publisher.
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The architecture of the Ara platform for mobile agents
Holger Peine,Torsten Stolpmann +1 more
TL;DR: This work describes a platform for the portable and secure execution of mobile agents written in various interpreted languages on top of a common run-time core, and discusses aspects of this architecture and report about ongoing work.
Security for Mobile Agents: Issues and Requirements
TL;DR: This paper investigates new threats from malicious agents and hosts in mobile agent technology and develops a set of achievable security requirements for mobile agent systems.
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An application-transparent, platform-independent approach to rollback-recovery for mobile agent systems
TL;DR: This paper presents an optimization technique, called concurrent checkpointing, that increases the effectiveness of the proposed rollback-recovery mechanism and describes its implementation in the MESSENGERS mobile agents system.