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9780471751601

Mobile Agents in Networking and Distributed Computing

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  • ISBN13:

    9780471751601

  • ISBN10:

    047175160X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2012-07-31
  • Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Jiannong Cao is currently Chair Professor and Head of the Department of Computing at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research interests include parallel and distributed computing, computer networks, mobile and pervasive computing, fault tolerance, and middleware. He is an active researcher, publishing extensively in the above areas and serving as the editors of well-known journals and the chair of conference organizing committees. Sajal K. Das is a University Distinguished Scholar Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Founding Director of CReWMaN at The University of Texas at Arlington. He has significantly contributed to wireless and sensor networks, mobile and pervasive computing, distributed and cloud computing, smart environments and cyber physical systems, security and privacy, biological and social networks.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. ix
Prefacep. xi
Contributorsp. xiii
Introductionp. 1
Mobile Agents and Applications in Networking and Distributed Computingp. 3
Principles of Applying Mobile Agentsp. 17
Mobile Agent Communicationsp. 19
Distributed Security Algorithms for Mobile Agentsp. 41
Mobile Agent Coordinationp. 71
Cooperating Mobile Agentsp. 93
Mobile Agent Based Techniques and Applicationsp. 127
Network Routingp. 129
Resource and Service Discoveryp. 161
Distributed Controlp. 189
Distributed Databases and Transaction Processingp. 219
Mobile Agents in Mobile and Wireless Computingp. 243
Design and Evaluationp. 263
Naplet: Microkernel and pluggable Design of Mobile Agent Systemsp. 265
Performance Evaluation of Mobile Agent Platforms and Comparison with Client-Server Technologiesp. 299
Indexp. 323
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