QUIET: A methodology for autonomous software deployment using mobile agents

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 696-706

  Manzoor, Umar ^a   Nefti, Samia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based installation; Autonomous network installation; Mass installation; Mobile agent; Silent installation; Software deployment using agents; Unattended network installation

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED INSTALLATION; AUTONOMOUS NETWORKS; MASS INSTALLATION; SILENT INSTALLATION; SOFTWARE DEPLOYMENT; UNATTENDED NETWORK INSTALLATION;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

MOBILE AGENTS;

EID: 77955461945     PISSN: 10848045     EISSN: 10958592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnca.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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