Communication performance optimization for mobile agent system

Communication performance is one of the most important factors affecting the efficiency of a mobile agent system. The paper studies the communication of a mobile agent system from the viewpoint of performance. We analyze four primary factors that affect the communication performance and propose a communication performance optimization model. The model has three primary functions. First, the model provides a formalism method to describe the communication task of a mobile agent. Second, the model provides a means to make quantitative analysis of the communication performance of a mobile agent system. Third, the model can plan out an optimal communication scheme for mobile agents to minimize the cost of the whole communication. The model could thus be a building block for the optimization of the communication behavior of mobile agents.