Mobile Agent Technology: Current Trends and Perspectives MOBILE AGENT TECHNOLOGY: CURRENT TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES
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New technologies are required to face new scenarios due to the fast spread of the Internet. The paper surveys the current trends of the emerging mobile agent technology. In a high-connected world, agents are the active entities, which roam across network nodes on behalf of their senders. We show some applications that can take advantages from the mobile agent approach. The paper presents the relevant aspects of coordination and security, which are currently discussed in the mobile agent community, pointing out open research directions.
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