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The OMG mobile agent facility: A submission

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GMD FOKUS, IBM and The Open Group have jointly submitted to the OMG a specification on the Mobile Agent Facility for evaluation and adoption. This paper gives an overview of the technical requirements of the OMG Request for Proposal, the design goals of the joint submission, the architecture of the proposed Mobile Agent Facility, and the salient features of its interfaces.

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  1. IBM and GMD FOKUS, Germany

    Daniel T. Chang & Stefan Covaci

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Kurt Rothermel Radu Popescu-Zeletin

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Chang, D.T., Covaci, S. (1997). The OMG mobile agent facility: A submission. In: Rothermel, K., Popescu-Zeletin, R. (eds) Mobile Agents. MA 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1219. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-62803-7_27

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