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This paper proposes a framework that allows a convenient and flexible implementation of a mobile agent platform. We present an architecture that integrates the mobile agent computing paradigm with Web services to achieve the development of a web-integrated mobile agent platform. The platform components are deployed on Apache Tomcat web servers and the implementation is based on the Apache Java SOAP library. As it will be demonstrated, the Web services model perfectly matches the demands of the architecture of a mobile agent platform providing a straightforward design and implementation of a platform agnostic Web-based mobile agent tool.
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Foukarakis, I.E., Kostaridis, A.I., Biniaris, C.G., Kaklamani, D.I., Venieris, I.S. (2003). Implementation of a Mobile Agent Platform Based on Web Services. In: Horlait, E., Magedanz, T., Glitho, R.H. (eds) Mobile Agents for Telecommunication Applications. MATA 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2881. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39646-8_18
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