Mobile Agents In Networking And Distributed Computing Michael Wooldridgeeds by Michael Wooldridge(eds.) 9780471751601, 9781118135617, 047175160X, 111813561X instant download after payment.

The book focuses on mobile agents, which are computer programs that can autonomously migrate between network sites. This text introduces the concepts and principles of mobile agents, provides an overview of mobile agent technology, and focuses on applications in networking and distributed computing.Content:
Chapter 1 Mobile Agents and Applications in Networking and Distributed Computing (pages 1–16): Jiannong Cao and Sajal K. Das
Chapter 2 Mobile Agent Communications (pages 17–40): Jian Lu and Xinyu Feng
Chapter 3 Distributed Security Algorithms for Mobile Agents (pages 41–70): Paola Flocchini and Nicola Santoro
Chapter 4 Mobile Agent Coordination (pages 71–92): Giacomo Cabri and Raffaele Quitadamo
Chapter 5 Cooperating Mobile Agents (pages 93–126): Sukumar Ghosh and Anurag Dasgupta
Chapter 6 Network Routing (pages 127–160): Andre Costa and Nigel Bean
Chapter 7 Resource and Service Discovery (pages 161–187): Paolo Bellavista, Antonio Corradi and Carlo Giannelli
Chapter 8 Distributed Control (pages 189–218): Jiannong Cao, Sajal K. Das, Yudong Sun and Xianbing Wang
Chapter 9 Distributed Databases and Transaction Processing (pages 219–242): Evaggelia Pitoura, Panos K. Chrysanthis and George Samaras
Chapter 10 Mobile Agents in Mobile and Wireless Computing (pages 243–261): Ping Yu, Jian Lu and Jiannong Cao
Chapter 11 Naplet: Microkernel and Pluggable Design of Mobile Agent Systems (pages 263–298): Cheng?Zhong Xu
Chapter 12 Performance Evaluation of Mobile Agent Platforms and Comparison with Client–Server Technologies (pages 299–322): Luis Moura Silva