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A mobile-agent-based approach to software coordination in the HOOPE system

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Software coordination is central to the construction of large-scale high-performance distributed applications with software services scattered over the decentralized Internet. In this paper, a new mobile-agent-based architecture is proposed for the utilization and coordination of geographically distributed computing resources. Under this architecture, a user application is built with a set of software agents that can travel across the network autonomously. These agents utilize the distributed resources and coordinate with each other to complete their task. This approach’s advantages include the natural expression and flexible deployment of the coordination logic, the dynamic adaptation to the network environment and the potential of better application performance. This coordination architecture, together with an object-oriented hierarchical parallel application framework and a graphical application construction tool, is implemented in the HOOPE environment, which provides a systematic support for the development and execution of Internet-based distributed and parallel applications in the petroleum exploration industry.

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    Ma Xiaoxing, Lü Jian, Tao Xianping, Li Yingjun & Hu Hao

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Ma, X., Lü, J., Tao, X. et al. A mobile-agent-based approach to software coordination in the HOOPE system. Sci China Ser F 45, 203–219 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1360/02yf9019

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