A Multiagent System for Distributed Systems Management
The demand for autonomous resource
management for distributed systems has increased in recent
years. Distributed systems require an efficient and powerful
communication mechanism between applications running on
different hosts and networks. The use of mobile agent
technology to distribute and delegate management tasks
promises to overcome the scalability and flexibility limitations
of the currently used centralized management approach. This
work proposes a multiagent system that adopts mobile agents
as a technology for tasks distribution, results collection, and
management of resources in large-scale distributed systems. A
new mobile agent-based approach for collecting results from
distributed system elements is presented. The technique of
artificial intelligence based on intelligent agents giving the
system a proactive behavior. The presented results are based
on a design example of an application operating in a mobile
environment.
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management of agent based distributed systems," proceedings of the
fourth international workshop on Software engineering for large scale
multi-agent systems, Vol. 30, Issue 4, July 2005.
[2] T. M. Chen, and S. S. Liu, "A model and evaluation of distributed network
management approaches," proceedings of IEEE Journal on Selected
Areas in Communications, Vol. 20, No. 4,May 2002.
[3] A. Westerinen and W. Bumpus, "The continuing evolution of distributed
systems management," IEICE trans. INF. & SYST., Vol.E86-D, No. 11,
November 2003.
[4] M. G. Rubinstein, O. Carlos, M. B. Duarte, and G. Pujolle, "Improving
management performance by using multiple mobile," proceedings of the
4th International conf. on Autonomous Agents-ACM Agents 2000, pp.
165-166, Spain, June 2000.
[5] T. C. Du, E. Y. L1, and A. Chang, "Mobile agents in distributed network
management," communication of the ACM, Vol. 46, No. 7, pp.127-132,
July 2003.
[6] G. Coulouris, J. Dollimore, and T. Kindberg, "Distributed Systems
Concepts and Design," Pearson Education, 3rd Edition 2001.
[7] A. N. Silva, C. A. G. Ferraz, G. L. Ramalho, J. N. Souza, "Proactive
network management based on mobile agents and fuzzy logic,"
proceedings of IEEE ICT'2001 - International Conference on
Telecommunications, Bucharest, Romania, 2001. V.2, pp. 562 - 566.
[8] C. Raibulet and C. Demartini, "Mobile agent technology for the
management of distributed systems - a case study," proceedings of
TERENA Networking conf., Portugal, May 2000.
[9] J. Waldo, "Mobile code, distributed computing, and agents," proceedings
of IEE Intelligent Systems, March/April 2001.
[10] D. G. A. Mobach, B. J. Overeinder, N. J. E. wijngaards, and F. M. T.
Brazier, "Managing agent life cycles in open distributed systems,"
proceedings of the 18th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, pp. 61-
65, USA 2003.
[11] S. Kleijkers, F. Wisman, and N. Roos, "A mobile multi-agent system for
distributed computing," lecture notes in computer science, Vol.
2530/2003, pp. 158-163, august 2003.
[12] C. Huang and C. Pattinson, "Using mobile agent techniques for
distributed manufacturing network management," proceedings of PGNet
2nd Annual conf., Liverpool, 2001.
[13] H. Abdu, H. Lutfiyya, and M. A. Bauer, "A model for efficient
configuration of management agents in distributed systems," ACM
Performance Evaluation Journal, pp 285-309, Vol. 54, Issue 4 Dec.
2003.
[14] H. M. Kelash, M. Amoon, G. M. Ali, and H. M. Faheem, "A social agent
interface for resource management in distributed systems," Proceedings
of CIMCA, Vienna, November 2005.
[15] P. Simones, R. Reis, L. M. Silva, and F. Boavida, "Enabling mobile agent
technology for legacy network management frameworks," proceedings
of the Softcom-99 - Conference on Software in Telecommunications and
Computer Networks, Split, Croatia, October-1999.
[16] MIB-II of REC-1213, www.ietf.org.
[17] L. R. Welch and D. T. Fleeman, "The ACE orb and distributed resource
management," 2nd TAO Workshop, Virginia , July 2002.
[18] J. Baumann, F. Hohel, K. Rothermel, and M. Straber, "Mole-concepts
of a mobile agent system," World Wide Web, No. 1, Vol. 3, pp 123-137,
1998.
[19] H. Ku, G. W. R. Ludere, and B. Subbiah, "An intelligent mobile agent
framework for distributed network management," Globecom-97
Phoenix, AZ, Nov 1997.
[20] D. B. Lange, M. Oshima, "Mobile agents with java: the aglet api1,"
www.turtle.ee.ncku.edu.tw/~ac/homepage.
[1] A. Tripathi, D. Kulkarni, and T. Ahmed, "policy-driven configuration and
management of agent based distributed systems," proceedings of the
fourth international workshop on Software engineering for large scale
multi-agent systems, Vol. 30, Issue 4, July 2005.
[2] T. M. Chen, and S. S. Liu, "A model and evaluation of distributed network
management approaches," proceedings of IEEE Journal on Selected
Areas in Communications, Vol. 20, No. 4,May 2002.
[3] A. Westerinen and W. Bumpus, "The continuing evolution of distributed
systems management," IEICE trans. INF. & SYST., Vol.E86-D, No. 11,
November 2003.
[4] M. G. Rubinstein, O. Carlos, M. B. Duarte, and G. Pujolle, "Improving
management performance by using multiple mobile," proceedings of the
4th International conf. on Autonomous Agents-ACM Agents 2000, pp.
165-166, Spain, June 2000.
[5] T. C. Du, E. Y. L1, and A. Chang, "Mobile agents in distributed network
management," communication of the ACM, Vol. 46, No. 7, pp.127-132,
July 2003.
[6] G. Coulouris, J. Dollimore, and T. Kindberg, "Distributed Systems
Concepts and Design," Pearson Education, 3rd Edition 2001.
[7] A. N. Silva, C. A. G. Ferraz, G. L. Ramalho, J. N. Souza, "Proactive
network management based on mobile agents and fuzzy logic,"
proceedings of IEEE ICT'2001 - International Conference on
Telecommunications, Bucharest, Romania, 2001. V.2, pp. 562 - 566.
[8] C. Raibulet and C. Demartini, "Mobile agent technology for the
management of distributed systems - a case study," proceedings of
TERENA Networking conf., Portugal, May 2000.
[9] J. Waldo, "Mobile code, distributed computing, and agents," proceedings
of IEE Intelligent Systems, March/April 2001.
[10] D. G. A. Mobach, B. J. Overeinder, N. J. E. wijngaards, and F. M. T.
Brazier, "Managing agent life cycles in open distributed systems,"
proceedings of the 18th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, pp. 61-
65, USA 2003.
[11] S. Kleijkers, F. Wisman, and N. Roos, "A mobile multi-agent system for
distributed computing," lecture notes in computer science, Vol.
2530/2003, pp. 158-163, august 2003.
[12] C. Huang and C. Pattinson, "Using mobile agent techniques for
distributed manufacturing network management," proceedings of PGNet
2nd Annual conf., Liverpool, 2001.
[13] H. Abdu, H. Lutfiyya, and M. A. Bauer, "A model for efficient
configuration of management agents in distributed systems," ACM
Performance Evaluation Journal, pp 285-309, Vol. 54, Issue 4 Dec.
2003.
[14] H. M. Kelash, M. Amoon, G. M. Ali, and H. M. Faheem, "A social agent
interface for resource management in distributed systems," Proceedings
of CIMCA, Vienna, November 2005.
[15] P. Simones, R. Reis, L. M. Silva, and F. Boavida, "Enabling mobile agent
technology for legacy network management frameworks," proceedings
of the Softcom-99 - Conference on Software in Telecommunications and
Computer Networks, Split, Croatia, October-1999.
[16] MIB-II of REC-1213, www.ietf.org.
[17] L. R. Welch and D. T. Fleeman, "The ACE orb and distributed resource
management," 2nd TAO Workshop, Virginia , July 2002.
[18] J. Baumann, F. Hohel, K. Rothermel, and M. Straber, "Mole-concepts
of a mobile agent system," World Wide Web, No. 1, Vol. 3, pp 123-137,
1998.
[19] H. Ku, G. W. R. Ludere, and B. Subbiah, "An intelligent mobile agent
framework for distributed network management," Globecom-97
Phoenix, AZ, Nov 1997.
[20] D. B. Lange, M. Oshima, "Mobile agents with java: the aglet api1,"
www.turtle.ee.ncku.edu.tw/~ac/homepage.
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management for distributed systems has increased in recent
years. Distributed systems require an efficient and powerful
communication mechanism between applications running on
different hosts and networks. The use of mobile agent
technology to distribute and delegate management tasks
promises to overcome the scalability and flexibility limitations
of the currently used centralized management approach. This
work proposes a multiagent system that adopts mobile agents
as a technology for tasks distribution, results collection, and
management of resources in large-scale distributed systems. A
new mobile agent-based approach for collecting results from
distributed system elements is presented. The technique of
artificial intelligence based on intelligent agents giving the
system a proactive behavior. The presented results are based
on a design example of an application operating in a mobile
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