Applications of aglet technology
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9 p. : il.The Internet has evolved from an information space to a market
space with thousands of electronic storefronts, auctions and other commercial
services. This market space is not without problem. A main problem is the
difficulty of finding relevant offers. We present two possible solutions to this
problem: Bon Marché and Logistics Agents which were developed with IBM’s
Aglet Workbench – a particular implementation of mobile agents. This paper
also surveys the agent technology and discusses the different agent building
packages available on the market. Finally, it concludes that the future of local
interaction, reduced network loading, server flexibility and application
autonomy which are supported by mobile agent technology all help to provide a
level agility above distributed problem solving.
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