BibTeX for papers by David Kotz; for complete/updated list see https://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~kotz/research/papers.html @TechReport{gray:scalability-tr, author = {Robert S. Gray and David Kotz and Ronald A. Peterson and Peter Gerken and Martin Hofmann and Daria Chac{\"{o}}n and Greg Hill and Niranjan Suri}, title = {{Mobile-Agent versus Client/Server Performance: Scalability in an Information-Retrieval Task}}, institution = {Dartmouth Computer Science}, year = 2001, month = {January}, number = {TR2001-386}, copyright = {the authors}, URL = {https://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~kotz/research/gray-scalability-tr/index.html}, abstract = {Mobile agents are programs that can jump from host to host in the network, at times and to places of their own choosing. Many groups have developed mobile-agent software platforms, and several mobile-agent applications. Experiments show that mobile agents can, among other things, lead to faster applications, reduced bandwidth demands, or less dependence on a reliable network connection. There are few if any studies of the scalability of mobile-agent servers, particularly as the number of clients grows. We present some recent performance and scalability experiments that compare three mobile-agent platforms with each other and with a traditional client/server approach. The experiments show that mobile agents often outperform client/server solutions, but also demonstrate the deep interaction between environmental and application parameters. The three mobile-agent platforms have similar behavior but their absolute performance varies with underlying implementation choices.}, }