Notes on software agents and the mobility issue
Volume 8, Issue 1 (1997), pp. 119–138
Pub. online: 1 January 1997
Type: Research Article
Published
1 January 1997
1 January 1997
Abstract
An overview and comparison of mobile agent systems are presented. The rapidly evolving area of software agents is briefly overviewed. The notion of mobility is analyzed in the context of mobile code languages, and its relation to distributed computing (e.g., client–server model), as well as its possible application areas are studied. Finally the need for a combination of mobility with other features is discussed.