BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0
ID:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR2001-411
ENTRY:: July 25, 2001
ORGANIZATION:: Dartmouth College, Computer Science
TITLE:: Write Once, Move Anywhere: Toward Dynamic Interoperability of Mobile Agent Systems
TYPE:: Technical Report (paper)
REVISION:: 3
AUTHOR:: Grimstrup, Arne 
AUTHOR:: Gray, Robert S. 
AUTHOR:: Kotz, David
AUTHOR:: Cowin, Thomas 
AUTHOR:: Hill, Greg 
AUTHOR:: Suri, Niranjan 
AUTHOR:: Chacon, Daria 
AUTHOR:: Hofmann, Martin 
DATE:: July 2001
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ABSTRACT:: 
Mobile agents are an increasingly popular paradigm,
and in recent years there has been a proliferation
of mobile-agent systems. These systems are, however,
largely incompatible with each other. In particular,
agents cannot migrate to a host that runs a
different mobile-agent system. Prior approaches to
interoperability have tried to force agents to use a
common API, and so far none have succeeded. Our
goal, summarized in the catch phrase ``Write
Once, Move Anywhere,'' led to our efforts to develop
mechanisms that support dynamic runtime
interoperability of mobile-agent systems. This paper
describes the Grid Mobile-Agent System,
which allows agents to migrate to different
mobile-agent systems.
NOTE::
Revised July 25, 2001.
END:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR2001-411