Mobile Agents in Networking and Distributed Computing

Mobile Agents in Networking and Distributed Computing (Wiley Series in Agent Technology)
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.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Mobile Agents and Applications in Networking and Distributed Computing
Part II: Principles of Applying Mobile Agents
Chapter 2: Mobile Agent Communications
Chapter 3: Distributed Security Algorithms for Mobile Agents
Chapter 4: Mobile Agent Coordination
Chapter 5: Cooperating Mobile Agents
Part III: Mobile Agent Based Techniques and Applications
Chapter 6: Network Routing
Chapter 7: Resource and Service Discovery
Chapter 8: Distributed Control
Chapter 9: Distributed Databases and Transaction Processing
Chapter 10: Mobile Agents in Mobile and Wireless Computing
Part IV: Design and Evaluation
Chapter 11: Naplet: Microkernel and Pluggable Design of Mobile Agent Systems
Chapter 12: Performance Evaluation of Mobile Agent Platforms and Comparison with Client–Server Technologies