ADAPTIVE MOBILE AGENT COMPUTING

The mobile agent system is widely considered a rising
and promising distributed computing paradigm;
however, it also faces many challenges, which lie in
the lack of applications, security, infrastructure,
and standards. On the other hand, ubiquitous
computing (Ubicomp) based on Jini technology is
becoming the de facto paradigm of dynamic distributed
system. This research introduces the current
development of mobile agent computing and Jini
technology, analyzes the factors hampering full
acceptance and exploitation of mobile agents and the
limitations of Jini, and describes ongoing research
on JatWing a Jini-enabled mobile agent computing
framework using distributed enhanced tuple spaces as
its underlying architecture. JatWing aims to
facilitate the practical application of mobile agent
technology by accommodating Jini infrastructure as
well as offering easy communication and
collaboration, fault tolerance, agent tracking, and
disconnected computing mechanism. The JatWing
framework consists of two network middlewares:
AgentStation and AgentBase, both of which are built
on commercial tuple spaces with a few lightweight
daemons at the background.

Autorentext

Tao Tao has been a Sr. Software Engineer with IBM T.J. WatsonResearch since Feb 2006. He holds a Ph.D of computer science fromthe University of Alabama at Birmingham. He received M.S and B.Sin computer science from Wuhan University, China.Tao Tao's research interests are distributed computing, SOAmanagement, cloud management and data mining.

Klappentext

The mobile agent system is widely considered a risingand promising distributed computing paradigm;however, it also faces many challenges, which lie inthe lack of applications, security, infrastructure,and standards. On the other hand, ubiquitouscomputing (Ubicomp) based on Jini technology isbecoming the de facto paradigm of dynamic distributedsystem. This research introduces the currentdevelopment of mobile agent computing and Jinitechnology, analyzes the factors hampering fullacceptance and exploitation of mobile agents and thelimitations of Jini, and describes ongoing researchon JatWing-a Jini-enabled mobile agent computingframework using distributed enhanced tuple spaces asits underlying architecture. JatWing aims tofacilitate the practical application of mobile agenttechnology by accommodating Jini infrastructure aswell as offering easy communication andcollaboration, fault tolerance, agent tracking, anddisconnected computing mechanism. The JatWingframework consists of two network middlewares:AgentStation and AgentBase, both of which are builton commercial tuple spaces with a few lightweightdaemons at the background.