System Name: MESSENGERS
Current Version: 2.0
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Entry status: authoritative
Supported platforms:
SparcStation4/Unix
Supported languages:
C
Implemented standards: none
Type of migration:
strong
How many threads or processes are possible per agent? 1
Local communication mechanisms and format of data:
randezvous
event wait/signal
shared node variables
Global communication mechanisms:
none
How the communication partner can be addressed:
communicating agents use the same
randezvous or event variable
Resource access control mechanism:
none
Agent tracking:
none
Directory of services:
none
Type of code migration:
code carried by agent during migration
Other special features:
system is targeted to general-purpose high-performance computing;
agents build an application-specific logical network used for navigation;
it supports fault-tolerance by automatic snapshots and restarts
Availability:
source code
License terms:
non-commercial use
Article that describe the current system best:
M. Fukuda, L. Bic, M. Dillencourt,
"Messages versus Messengers in Distributed Programming"
Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC),
Vol. 57, 199-211, 1999
Year of first publication of systems description: 1995
Project URL: http://www.ics.uci.edu/~bic/messengers/
Contacts Email Address: bic@ics.uci.edu
Last modification date of this entry: Mon Jul 19 22:31:31 MET DST 1999