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...