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Intelligent Software Agent Technology: An Overview

by G. S. Bhamra, A. K. Verma, R. B. Patel
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 89 - Number 2
Year of Publication: 2014
Authors: G. S. Bhamra, A. K. Verma, R. B. Patel
10.5120/15474-4160

G. S. Bhamra, A. K. Verma, R. B. Patel . Intelligent Software Agent Technology: An Overview. International Journal of Computer Applications. 89, 2 ( March 2014), 19-31. DOI=10.5120/15474-4160

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author = { G. S. Bhamra, A. K. Verma, R. B. Patel },
title = { Intelligent Software Agent Technology: An Overview },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { March 2014 },
volume = { 89 },
number = { 2 },
month = { March },
year = { 2014 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 19-31 },
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url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume89/number2/15474-4160/ },
doi = { 10.5120/15474-4160 },
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Abstract

Mobile Agent is an autonomously transportable code migrating itself from one node to another in a heterogeneous network without losing its operability. They have become commercially practicable with recent technologies and have the potential for revolutionizing distributed and network applications more recently in wireless sensor networks and bioinformatics. The main aim of this study is to motivate the researchers into the field of intelligent software agent technology by providing an overview and updated comparison of the current mobile agent platforms.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Intelligent Agent Mobile Agent Mobile Agent Platforms.