Mobile Agents in Networking and Distributed computing -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contributors -- Part I: Introduction -- 1: Mobile Agents and Applications in Networking and Distributed Computing -- 1.1: Introduction -- 1.2: Mobile Agent Platforms -- 1.2.1: FIPA -- 1.2.2: OMG-MASIF -- 1.3: Representative MAPs -- 1.3.1: IBM Aglets Workbench (1997-2001) -- 1.3.2: Agent Tcl (1994-2002, later known as D'Agents) -- 1.3.3: Grasshopper (1998) -- 1.3.4: Concordia (1997) -- 1.3.5: In Mole (1997) -- 1.3.6: The Odyssey -- 1.4: Some Applications -- 1.5: Overview of the Book -- References -- Part II: Principles of Applying Mobile Agents -- 2: Mobile Agent Communications -- 2.1: Introduction -- 2.2: Importance of Remote Communication between Mobile Agents -- 2.3: Requirements Analysis of Communication between Mobile Agents -- 2.4: Several Schemes for Communication between Mobile Agents -- 2.4.1: Naming Scheme -- 2.4.2: Tracking Mechanisms -- 2.4.3: Efforts on Reliable Message Routing -- 2.4.4: Adaptive Protocols -- 2.5: Mailbox-Based Framework for Designing Mobile Agent Message Delivery Protocols -- 2.5.1: System Model and Assumptions -- 2.5.2: Three-Dimensional Design Model -- 2.5.3: Parameter Combinations -- 2.6: Concluding Remarks and Further Research -- References -- 3: Distributed Security Algorithms for Mobile Agents -- 3.1: Introduction -- 3.2: Black-Hole Search -- 3.2.1: The Problem and Its Setting -- 3.2.2: Background Problem: Safe Exploration -- 3.2.3: Basic Properties and Tools for Black-Hole Search -- 3.2.4: Impact of Knowledge -- 3.2.5: Special Topologies -- 3.2.6: Using Tokens -- 3.2.7: Synchronous Networks -- 3.2.8: Rendezvous in Spite of Black Hole -- 3.3: Intruder Capture and Network Decontamination -- 3.3.1: The Problem -- 3.3.2: Background Problem: Graph Search -- 3.3.3: Models for Decontamination.

3.3.4: Results in Specific Topologies -- 3.3.5: Different Contamination Rules -- 3.4: Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4: Mobile Agent Coordination -- 4.1: Introduction -- 4.2: Mobile Agent Coordination: General Overview -- 4.2.1: Case Study -- 4.2.2: A First General Taxonomy -- 4.3: Linda-Like Coordination Models: Some Evaluation Criteria -- 4.3.1: Some Criteria to Compare Tuple-Based Systems -- 4.4: Overview of Some Modern Tuple-Based Approaches -- 4.4.1: JavaSpaces -- 4.4.2: SwarmLinda -- 4.4.3: LIME -- 4.4.4: TuCSoN -- 4.4.5: MARS -- 4.4.6: TOTA -- 4.5: Roles for Mobile Agent Coordination -- 4.5.1: Roles -- 4.5.2: Applying Roles to Agents -- 4.5.3: Roles and Mobility -- 4.5.4: Running Examples -- 4.6: Future Directions in Mobile Agent Coordination -- References -- 5: Cooperating Mobile Agents -- 5.1: Introduction -- 5.2: Model -- 5.3: Mapping a Network -- 5.3.1: Exploring Undirected Graphs -- 5.3.2: Optimal Graph Exploration -- 5.3.3: Collective Tree Exploration with Multiple Agents -- 5.3.4: Deterministic Rendezvous in Arbitrary Graphs -- 5.3.5: Polynomial Deterministic Rendezvous in Arbitrary Graphs -- 5.3.6: Asynchronous Deterministic Rendezvous in Graphs -- 5.4: Concurrent Reading and Writing -- 5.4.1: One-Reader and One-Writer Cases -- 5.4.2: One-Reader Protocol -- 5.4.3: One-Writer Protocol -- 5.4.4: Concurrent Reading and Writing -- 5.5: Fault Tolerance -- 5.5.1: BHS in Anonymous Ring -- 5.5.2: BHS in Arbitrary Networks -- 5.5.3: BHS in Tree Networks -- 5.5.4: Multiple-Agent Rendezvous in a Ring in Spite of a Black Hole -- 5.5.5: BHS in Asynchronous Rings Using Tokens -- 5.6: Stabilization Using Cooperating Mobile Agents -- 5.6.1: Stabilizing Spanning Tree Construction Using a Single Agent -- 5.6.2: Agent Failure -- 5.6.3: Spanning Tree Construction Using Multiple Agents -- 5.7: Conclusion -- References.

Part III: Mobile Agent Based Techniques and Applications -- 6: Network Routing -- 6.1: Introduction -- 6.2: Background and Literature Review -- 6.3: Network Routing Problem -- 6.3.1: Data Structures and Function -- 6.3.2: User Equilibrium Routing -- 6.3.3: System Optimal Routing -- 6.4: Survey of Agent-Based Routing Algorithms -- 6.4.1: Classification System -- 6.4.2: Algorithms Based on Q-Learning -- 6.4.3: Algorithms Based on "Actor-Critic" Approach -- 6.4.4: Other Reinforcement Learning-Based Algorithms -- 6.4.5: Ant-Based Routing Algorithms -- 6.4.6: System Optimal Routing Algorithms -- 6.4.7: Algorithms for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks -- 6.5: Comparison of Routing Algorithms -- 6.6: New Directions: Hybrid Agent-Based Algorithms -- 6.7: Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 7: Resource and Service Discovery -- 7.1: Introduction -- 7.2: Mobility and Resource/Service Discovery -- 7.2.1: Definitions and Concepts -- 7.2.2: Suitability of Mobile Code Technologies for Discovery Solutions -- 7.3: Related Work -- 7.3.1: Low-Mobility Discovery Solutions -- 7.3.2: Medium-Mobility Discovery Solutions -- 7.3.3: High-Mobility Discovery Solutions -- 7.4: Emerging Solution Guidelines -- 7.4.1: Mediator-Based Discovery Infrastructures -- 7.4.2: Location Awareness -- 7.4.3: Context Awareness -- 7.4.4: Mobile Discovery Proxies with Location and Context Awareness: CARMEN Case Study -- 7.5: Concluding Remarks and "Hot Topics" in Current Research -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 8: Distributed Control -- 8.1: Introduction -- 8.2: MAWSG Framework -- 8.2.1: System Model -- 8.2.2: MAWSG Framework -- 8.2.3: Simulation Environment -- 8.3: Mobile Agent-Assisted Scheme for Distributed Consensus -- 8.3.1: Mobile Agent-Based Consensus Algorithm -- 8.3.2: Performance and Simulation -- 8.4: Mobile Agent-Assisted Distributed Dynamic Load Balancing.

8.4.1: Mobile Agent-Enabled Load-Balancing Scheme -- 8.4.2: Preliminary Evaluation -- 8.5: Mobile Agent-Enabled Scheme for Checkpointing and Rollback -- 8.5.1: The Mobile Agent-Enabled Scheme -- 8.5.2: Performance Evaluation -- 8.6: Conclusion -- References -- 9: Distributed Databases and Transaction Processing -- 9.1: Introduction -- 9.2: Mobile Agent Architectures for Database Access -- 9.2.1: Agent-Based Software Architectures -- 9.2.2: Mobile Agents for Web Database Access -- 9.2.3: Peer-to-Peer Computing -- 9.3: Querying with Agents -- 9.3.1: Query Processing -- 9.3.2: View Materialization -- 9.4: Transaction Management -- 9.4.1: Agents and Transactions -- 9.4.2: Fault Tolerance -- 9.4.3: Transactional Models -- 9.5: Summary -- References -- 10: Mobile Agents in Mobile and Wireless Computing -- 10.1: Introduction -- 10.2: Mobile Computing Middleware -- 10.2.1: Lightweight -- 10.2.2: Asynchronous Communication -- 10.2.3: Context Awareness -- 10.3: Mobile Agent in Mobile Computing -- 10.3.1: Mobile Agent-Based Mobile Computing Middleware -- 10.3.2: Mobile Agent for Mobile Applications -- 10.4: Mobile Agent for Pervasive Computing -- 10.4.1: Seamless Mobility -- 10.4.2: Self-Adaptation -- 10.5: Related Work -- 10.6: Conclusion -- References -- Part IV: Design and Evaluation -- 11: Naplet: Microkernel and Pluggable Design of Mobile Agent Systems -- 11.1: Introduction -- 11.2: Design Goals and Naplet Architecture -- 11.2.1: Design Goals -- 11.2.2: Naplet Class -- 11.2.3: NapletServer Architecture -- 11.3: Structured Itinerary Mechanism -- 11.3.1: Primitive Itinerary Constructs -- 11.3.2: Itinerary Programming Interfaces -- 11.3.3: Implementations of Itinerary Constructs -- 11.4: Naplet Tracking and Internaplet Communication -- 11.4.1: Naplet Location Service -- 11.4.2: Internaplet Communication -- 11.5: Security and Resource Management.

11.5.1: Naplet Security Architecture -- 11.5.2: Resource Management -- 11.6: Programming for Network Management in Naplet -- 11.6.1: Privileged Service for Naplet Access to MIB -- 11.6.2: Naplet for Network Management -- 11.7: Related Work -- 11.8: Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 12: Performance Evaluation of Mobile Agent Platforms and Comparison with Client-Server Technologies -- 12.1: Introduction -- 12.2: Brief Description of James Platform -- 12.3: Brief Description of Other Platforms -- 12.3.1: Aglets SDK -- 12.3.2: Concordia -- 12.3.3: Voyager -- 12.3.4: Odyssey -- 12.3.5: Jumping Beans -- 12.3.6: Grasshopper -- 12.3.7: Swarm -- 12.4: Benchmarking Study: Comparing Agent Platforms -- 12.4.1: Test Environment -- 12.4.2: Application Benchmark -- 12.4.3: Test Parameters -- 12.4.4: Methodology of Benchmarking -- 12.4.5: Experimental Results -- 12.4.6: Concluding Overview about the Platforms -- 12.5: Comparing Agents with RMI, CORBA and Servlets -- 12.5.1: Test Environment -- 12.5.2: Application Benchmark -- 12.5.3: Five Different Versions of the Application -- 12.5.4: Test Parameters -- 12.5.5: Methodology of the Performance Study -- 12.5.6: Experimental Results -- 12.6: Final Remarks -- References -- Index.