Design and implementation of an environment-aware mobile agent system aimed to reduce migration cost

摘要

We propose the mobile agent system that can adapt its behavior to computing environment and aiming to run at portable devices. We divide an agent into a core part and function module parts. The core part implements application logic. Each function module implements the function which is different in every environment. This module part is implemented by every computing environment. By selecting the function modules part for each environment, the agent adapts itself to computing environment. Our system reduces cost of agent migration by using "on demand module loading mechanism". Our agent model expands the field of mobile agent to portable devices and embedded system. It also realizes unified computing environment between personal computers and portable devices.