Generic model of a mobile agent network suitable for performance evaluation

Author

Sinkovic, Vjekoslav ; Lovrek, Ignac

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng. & Comput., Zagreb Univ., Croatia

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

675

Abstract

Deals with a generic model of a mobile agent network that includes a multi-agent system and a set of processing nodes connected by a communication network. A mobile agent network is described as a queuing system where mobile agents represent the information units that must be served. Network flows related to agent hosting and migration and the serving capabilities of processing nodes are proposed. The response time defining an interval between acquiring the request and producing the response is defined as a performance measure for a mobile agent network. A case study discussing response time evaluation is included

Keywords

computer networks; distributed programming; multi-agent systems; performance evaluation; queueing theory; agent hosting; agent migration; case study; communication network; information units; mobile agent network; multi-agent system; network flows; node serving capabilities; performance evaluation; performance measure; processing nodes; queuing system; request acquisition; response time evaluation; Application software; Communication networks; Computer networks; Delay; Electronic mail; Mobile agents; Mobile communication; Multiagent systems; Network servers; Software agents;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Knowledge-Based Intelligent Engineering Systems and Allied Technologies, 2000. Proceedings. Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Brighton

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6400-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/KES.2000.884136

Filename

884136