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A Taxonomy of Agent Technologies for Ubiquitous Computing Environments

  • Zhang, Daqiang (School of Computer Science, Nanjing Normal University and Jiangsu Research Center of Information Security and Confidential Engineering) ;
  • Wan, Jiafu (School of Computer Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology) ;
  • Liu, Qiang (School of Computer and Information Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University) ;
  • Guan, Xin (School of Science and Technology, Keio University) ;
  • Liang, Xuedong (Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering, University of British Columbia)
  • Received : 2011.09.17
  • Accepted : 2012.01.07
  • Published : 2012.02.28
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Abstract

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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