A heuristic algorithm for designing near-optimal mobile agent itineraries

Journal of Communications and Networks

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 123-131

  Gavalas, Damianos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Heuristic; Itinerary planning; Mobile agents; Network monitoring; Optimization; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645755780     PISSN: 12292370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JCN.2006.6182912     Document Type: Article

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