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We present Ecomobile, a mobile agent infrastructure based on ecosystem principles, serving as a middleware for distributed network-centric applications such as network management algorithms. First we identify the main characteristics of conventional multi-agent systems based upon different coordination and navigation models. Thereafter we describe Ecomobile as a reactive system consisting of a self-regulating population of mobile agents. We also present simulation results examining the ecosystem behaviour and propose a viable deployment within a FIPA-compliant environment using the Jade agent platform. Finally, we report about applications for the creation and management of novel value-added services in optical networks (presented in previous publications).
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Rossier, D., Scheurer, R. (2002). An Ecosystem-Inspired Mobile Agent Middleware for Active Network Management. In: Karmouch, A., Magedanz, T., Delgado, J. (eds) Mobile Agents for Telecommunication Applications. MATA 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2521. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36086-7_7
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