Agent mobility architecture based on IEEE-FIPA standards

Computer Communications

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 712-729

  Cucurull, J ^a   Marti R ^a   Navarro Arribas, G ^b   Robles, S ^a   Overeinder, B ^c   Borrell, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE IIIA CSIC   (Spain)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agent middleware; Agent standards; Interoperability; Mobile agents; Mobility

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; INTEROPERABILITY; MIDDLEWARE; MOBILE AGENTS; ONTOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STANDARDS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

AGENT MIDDLEWARE; AGENT MIGRATIONS; AGENT STANDARDS; AUTONOMOUS SOFTWARES; COMMUNICATION STANDARDS; CONTEXT AWARENESS; DISTRIBUTED INFORMATIONS; HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; INTEROPERATION; MIGRATION PROCESS; MOBILITY; NETWORK LOCATIONS; PROACTIVENESS; SOCIAL ABILITIES;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 59649128238     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2008.11.038     Document Type: Article

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