Mobile Agents and the Future of the Internet

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David Kotz and Robert S. Gray. Mobile Agents and the Future of the Internet. ACM Operating Systems Review, volume 33, number 3, pages 7–13. ACM, August 1999. doi:10.1145/311124.311130. ©Copyright the authors. Revision of kotz:future.

Abstract:

Use of the Internet has exploded in recent years with the appearance of the World-Wide Web. In this paper, we show how current technological trends may lead to a system based substantially on mobile code, and in many cases, mobile agents. We discuss several technical and non-technical hurdles along the path to that eventuality. It seems likely that, within a few years, nearly all major Internet sites will be capable of hosting and willing to host some form of mobile code or mobile agents.

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Projects: [dagents]

Keywords: [agents] [survey]

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