Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
7-19-2001
Technical Report Number
TR2001-411
Abstract
Mobile agents are an increasingly popular paradigm, and in recent years there has been a proliferation of mobile-agent systems. These systems are, however, largely incompatible with each other. In particular, agents cannot migrate to a host that runs a different mobile-agent system. Prior approaches to interoperability have tried to force agents to use a common API, and so far none have succeeded. Our goal, summarized in the catch phrase ``Write Once, Move Anywhere,'' led to our efforts to develop mechanisms that support dynamic runtime interoperability of mobile-agent systems. This paper describes the Grid Mobile-Agent System, which allows agents to migrate to different mobile-agent systems.
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Grimstrup, Arne; Gray, Robert; Kotz, David; Cowin, Thomas; Hill, Greg; Suri, Niranjan; Chacon, Daria; and Hofmann, Martin, "Write Once, Move Anywhere: Toward Dynamic Interoperability of Mobile Agent Systems" (2001). Computer Science Technical Report TR2001-411. https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/cs_tr/231
Comments
Revised July 25, 2001.