DocumentCode
1414412
Title
A hands-on look at Java mobile agents
Author
Kiniry, Joseph ; Zimmerman, Daniel
Author_Institution
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Volume
1
Issue
4
fYear
1997
Firstpage
21
Lastpage
30
Abstract
What are the benefits and drawbacks of current Java mobile agent systems? The authors installed and evaluated three leading systems available for download from the Web: General Magic´s Odyssey, IBM´s Aglets, and ObjectSpace´s Voyager-and looked at issues such as ease of installation, feature set, documentation, and cost. We also discuss new capabilities of Java 1.1 that show promise as simple yet powerful means to create mobile agent systems. We conclude with a brief look at the ways in which mobile agents are currently being used and the limitations of today´s technologies
Keywords
Internet; cooperative systems; object-oriented languages; parallel languages; software agents; software reviews; General Magic; IBM Aglets; Internet; Java mobile agent systems; ObjectSpace; Odyssey; Voyager; Web; cost; documentation; download; feature se; installation; Costs; Documentation; Explosions; File servers; Internet; Java; Load modeling; Mobile agents; Multithreading; Virtual machining;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Internet Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1089-7801
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/4236.612210
Filename
612210
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