System Name: MAgNET
Current Version: 1.0
Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara
Entry status: authoritative
Supported platforms:
Aglets1.0.3, Java1.1
Supported languages:
Java 1.1
Implemented standards: none
Type of migration:
weak (supported by Aglets SDK)
How many threads or processes are possible per agent? unlimited
Local communication mechanisms and format of data:
(Implemented by Aglets SDK)
Method invocation within context
provided within the JVMA
Data format: Java bytecode
Global communication mechanisms:
(Implemented by Aglets SDK)
Thread migration using TCP/IP socket,
TCP/IP message passing
-- implemented by Aglets SDK
How the communication partner can be addressed:
(Implemented by Aglets SDK)
URL::aglet_context::aglet_proxy
Resource access control mechanism:
configurable policies
Agent tracking:
none
Directory of services:
local
Type of code migration:
on demand from sending host, on demand from code server
Other special features:
* MagNET focusses on the study of
issues and problems in agent economies
where buyers and suppliers use mobile
agents to search the web and find out
about each other
* Uses Aglets SDK and Java as the
underlying mobile agent platform
* Incorporates the push and pull
models of marketing
* Studies the effect of competetive
vs. cooperative strategies of marketing
* Ongoing research :
+ Cooperative negotiation strategies
between buyers and suppliers
+ Various pricing algorithms
in agent economies
Availability:
not available
License terms:
free
Article that describe the current system best:
MAgNET: Mobile Agents for Networked
Electronic Trading,P. Dasgupta,
N.Narasimhan, L.E. Moser,
P.M. Melliar-Smith, (to appear
in) IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and
Data Engineering, Special Issue on Web
Applications, July-August 1999.
Year of first publication of systems description: 1999
Project URL: http://www.alpha.ece.ucsb.edu/magnet
Contacts Email Address: pdg@alpha.ece.ucsb.edu
Last modification date of this entry: Fri Jul 2 20:01:50 MET DST 1999