A system based on mobile agents to test mobile computing applications

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 846-865

  Ilarri, Sergio ^a   Mena, Eduardo ^a   Illarramendi, Arantza ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mobile agents; Mobile computing applications

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED APPLICATIONS; DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENTS; DISTRIBUTED TESTING; MOBILE COMPUTING APPLICATIONS; REAL APPLICATIONS; SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTS; SYSTEM-BASED; TESTED DATUM; WIRELESS DATA SERVICES;

APPLICATIONS; MICROCELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; MOBILE AGENTS; MOBILE DEVICES; TESTING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MOBILE COMPUTING;

EID: 67349099854     PISSN: 10848045     EISSN: 10958592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnca.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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