System Name: Mobidget
Current Version: 1.1
Organization: NEC Corporation
Entry status: authoritative
Supported platforms:
Windows
Solaris
Supported languages:
Mobidget
Implemented standards: none
Type of migration:
strong
How many threads or processes are possible per agent? unlimited number
Local communication mechanisms and format of data:
method invocation
sending object references or copies
Global communication mechanisms:
remote method invocation
sending object references or copies
How the communication partner can be addressed:
agent object reference
Resource access control mechanism:
configurable policies
Agent tracking:
The agent object reference is consistently maintained during migration.
Directory of services:
Each base (place) has an open registry.
Type of code migration:
on demand from sending host
Other special features:
An agent can be distributed over several nodes.
Each piece of an agent, residing on a node, can independently migrate.
Availability:
not available now. We are planning binary distribution.
License terms:
We are preparing it.
Article that describe the current system best:
Satoru Fujita, Suresh Jagannathan, et al., Mobidget: Mobile and Distributed Programming Language, the 57th National Convention of Information Processing Society of Japan, 5U-1, 1998. (in Japanese)
Satoru FUjita, Suresh Jagannathan, et al., Mobile and Distributed Agents in Mobidget, poster paper in ASA/MA 99, 1999.
Year of first publication of systems description: 1998
Project URL: none
Contacts Email Address: mobidget-support@swl.cl.nec.co.jp
Last modification date of this entry: Thu Jul 8 05:06:08 MET DST 1999