Searching for Music with Agents

Abstract

This paper describes the application of mobile agents for searching music files. The focus of the work was on seeking the best solution to search for music meta-data by using mobile agent technology. Both user requirements and technological side of agents has been addressed. The system that has been developed is purely distributed with no central server for organisation and communication. Agents, existing on users’ computers, solve all questions of communication and organization without user interaction. When using the system, user should adhere to the following behavioural rule: you want to use the system, you should provide some resources of your computer for agents of other users. The first prototype was built using Java and Voyager ORB.