A comparative evaluation of mobile agent performance for network management

Proceedings - 9th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, ECBS 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 258-267

  Tang, Li ^a   Pagurek, B ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Computer network management; Computer networks; Engineering management; Filtering; Mobile agents; Network servers; Read only memory; Software agents; Systems engineering and theory

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DATA COMPRESSION; FILTRATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; ROM; SERVERS; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

AGENT PERFORMANCE; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DATA FILTERING; ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT TASKS; NETWORK SERVER; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND THEORIES; TRANSFER MODES;

MOBILE AGENTS;

EID: 24944468093     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECBS.2002.999848     Document Type: Conference Paper

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