Mobile agent based software operation and maintenance

Author

Kusek, M. ; Jezic, G. ; Ljubi, I. ; Mlinaric, K. ; Lovrek, I. ; Desic, S. ; Labor, O. ; Caric, A. ; Huljenic, D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Telecommun., Zagreb Univ., Croatia

Volume

2

fYear

2003

Firstpage

601

Abstract

The paper deals with a mobile agent based software operation and maintenance. Remote maintenance shell is described as the protected environment allowing software installation, modification and verification on the remote target system, without suspending its regular operation. It is based on the remote operations performed by mobile agents. Multiagent system with collaborative mobile agents, supporting software maintenance, and its architecture are elaborated. Remote maintenance shell implementation in one maintenance session is included.

Keywords

mobile agents; program verification; software maintenance; agent collaboration remote operation; mobile agent based software operation; multiagent system; remote maintenance shell; remote target system; software installation-verification; software maintenance; Application software; Collaborative software; Computer architecture; Mobile agents; Multiagent systems; Protection; Software maintenance; Software testing; System testing; Telecommunication computing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications, 2003. ConTEL 2003. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Zagreb, Croatia

Print_ISBN

953-184-052-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CONTEL.2003.176967

Filename

1215877