Mobile Agents: Control Algorithms

• Main Author: Baumann, Joachim (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2000.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2000.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1658
• Subjects: Computer communication systems.; Artificial intelligence.; Software engineering.; Operating systems (Computers).; Computer Communication Networks.; Artificial Intelligence.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Software Engineering.; Operating Systems.

In this monograph, Joachim Baumann provides in-depth coverage of essential research issues; namely, mechanisms for locating and terminating mobile agents and for orphan detection in a mobile agent system. The reader will gain insights into the design and implementation of three control mechanisms fo...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Mobile Agents
• 3. System and Failure Model
• 4. Control Mechanisms for Mobile Agents
• 5. Distributed Garbage Collection
• 6. From Garbage Collection to Controll Mechanisms for Mobile Agents
• 7. Comparing the Mechanisms
• 8. Conclusion
• Appendix A. Fundamentals of Probability Theory
• Appendix B. Introduction to Fault Tolerance
• Appendix C. Fault Tolerance and Message Complexity.