A Taxonomy of Agent Technologies for Ubiquitous Computing Environments
KSII Transactions on Internet and Information SystemsPublished 1 January 2012Open access
Daqiang Zhang
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A taxonomy is proposed, by which MA systems in ubiquitous computing environments are decomposed and discussed and a series of solutions from the viewpoint of various roles of MA in ubiquitous environments and situations are presented.
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The design, development and deployment of Mobile Agent (MA) systems for high-level inference and surveillance in wireless sensor networks and RFID systems have drawn increasing attention in the past decade.To answer how the state-of-the-art of MA in a wide range of ubiquitous and sensor environments is, this paper investigates the current progress of MA.It proposes a taxonomy, by which MA systems in ubiquitous computing environments are decomposed and discussed.Then, this paper provides insights into the strengths and weaknesses of existing efforts.Finally, it presents a series of solutions from the viewpoint of various roles of MA in ubiquitous environments and situations.
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