MARIAN

This book introduces the importance of mobile ad-hoc
networks in our everyday life, and examines some of
the core issues associated with this technology,
such as routing, network performance, battery life,
and security. It then introduces mobile software
agents, as a revolutionary approach to
countermeasure those issues, by taking advantage of
their inherent characteristics, such as autonomy,
mobility, communication, and adaptation on dynamic
environments. The book defines a novel agent-based
routing protocol that can increase network
performance and scalability, provide Quality of
Service and energy conservation of handheld devices,
and allow the network to automatically reconfigure
itself according to its needs. Applications can be
found in disaster relief scenarios, health care
systems, personal area networks, military, and so
on. Perhaps, the most interesting application of the
future is medical nano-agents. These agents could be
injected in a human body, and act as a
group of sophisticated surgeons that can operate at
a nano-scale, or as a group of medical guards that
constantly protect the body from viruses, and other
illnesses.

Autorentext

Dr. Nikos Migas has a degree in Computer Science, an MSc in Interactive Multimedia, and a PhD in mobile agents. Nikos is an active researcher in artificial intelligence and nanotechnology, mobile agents, software architectures, ad-hoc routing, eHealth, and security. Nikos also has a commercial background on the Microsoft .net framework.

Klappentext

This book introduces the importance of mobile ad-hoc networks in our everyday life, and examines some of the core issues associated with this technology, such as routing, network performance, battery life, and security. It then introduces mobile software agents, as a revolutionary approach to countermeasure those issues, by taking advantage of their inherent characteristics, such as autonomy, mobility, communication, and adaptation on dynamic environments. The book defines a novel agent-based routing protocol that can increase network performance and scalability, provide Quality of Service and energy conservation of handheld devices, and allow the network to automatically reconfigure itself according to its needs. Applications can be found in disaster relief scenarios, health care systems, personal area networks, military, and so on. Perhaps, the most interesting application of the future is medical nano-agents. These agents could be injected in a human body, and act as a group of sophisticated surgeons that can operate at a nano-scale, or as a group of medical guards that constantly protect the body from viruses, and other illnesses.