Abstract
In this paper we propose a new software architecture for mobile agent toolkits. Agent toolkits mainly consist of a software system that forms an agency, which is responsible to host mobile and stationary software agents. In contrast to most architectures developed so far, which already define a large set of high-level services for agent migration and communication, we propose to employ a kernel-based approach. The kernel only provides fundamental concepts and functions and abstracts from any of these high-level services. We propose a new model for agencies and present our Tracy mobile agent toolkit acting as a reference implementation of our new model.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings - 11th IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, ECBS 2004 |
| Editors | V. Dvorak, M. Sveda |
| Pages | 550-556 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
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| Publication status | Published - 17 Nov 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings - 11th IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, ECBS 2004 - Brno Duration: 24 May 2004 → 27 May 2004 |
Conference
| Conference | Proceedings - 11th IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, ECBS 2004 |
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| City | Brno |
| Period | 24/05/04 → 27/05/04 |