Title :
From client/server to mobile agents: an in-depth analysis of the related performance aspects
Author :
Scarpa, M. ; Villari, M. ; Zaia, A. ; Puliafito, A.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Matematica, Messina Univ., Italy
Abstract :
This paper provides an experimental and analytical evaluation of the client-server, remote evaluation and mobile agent communication paradigms. Our purpose is that of identifying the environmental situations in which such paradigms should be preferred or combined in order to optimize the performances of a distributed system. The scenario selected for the analysis is information retrieval on the WWW. An analytical evaluation throughout the solution of non-Markovian Petri net models is provided.
Keywords :
Petri nets; client-server systems; information resources; information retrieval; mobile agents; performance evaluation; WWW; client-server communication; distributed system; information retrieval; mobile agent communication; nonMarkovian Petri net models; performance optimization; remote evaluation; Bandwidth; Data mining; Information analysis; Information retrieval; Mobile agents; Mobile communication; Performance analysis; Search engines; Telecommunication network reliability; World Wide Web;
Conference_Titel :
Computers and Communications, 2002. Proceedings. ISCC 2002. Seventh International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1671-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISCC.2002.1021760
