Mobile agents and Java mobile agents toolkits

Authors
Horvat, D Cvetkovic, D Milutinovic, V Kocovic, P Kovacevic, V
Citation
D. Horvat et al., Mobile agents and Java mobile agents toolkits, TELECOM SYS, 18(1-3), 2001, pp. 271-287
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Information Tecnology & Communication Systems
Journal title
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
ISSN journal
10184864 → ACNP
Volume
18
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
271 - 287
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-4864(2001)18:1-3<271:MAAJMA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
This paper gives an overview of what the mobile agents are, what they shoul d do and how they can be implemented in Java. Why Java? The choice to conce ntrate on Java is evoked by many existing solutions in Java that handles ar chitectural heterogeneity between communicating machines on the net. It see ms to be the best available language for making mobile agents roaming throu gh the Internet for the time being.