A consensus algorithm for synchronous distributed systems using mobile agent

Author

Cao, Jiannong ; Wang, Xianbing ; Lo, Siu ; Das, Sajal K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Kowloon, China

fYear

2002

fDate

16-18 Dec. 2002

Firstpage

229

Lastpage

236

Abstract

In this paper, we present a consensus algorithm for synchronous distributed systems using cooperating mobile agents. The algorithm is designed within a framework for mobile agent enabled distributed server groups (MADSG), where cooperating mobile agents are used to achieve coordination among the servers. Being autonomous and cooperative, cooperating mobile agents exchange information among themselves to achieve consensus. The correctness proof of the proposed algorithm is presented. Performance evaluation of the algorithm has been carried out by both theoretical analysis and simulation.

Keywords

mobile agents; multi-agent systems; program verification; software performance evaluation; virtual machines; consensus algorithm; cooperating mobile agents; correctness proof; information exchange; mobile agent enabled distributed server groups; performance evaluation; server coordination; simulation; synchronous distributed systems; Algorithm design and analysis; Computer networks; Computer science; Distributed computing; Distributed control; IP networks; Mobile agents; Mobile computing; Network servers; Performance analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Dependable Computing, 2002. Proceedings. 2002 Pacific Rim International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1852-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PRDC.2002.1185642

Filename

1185642