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This paper deals with performance evaluation of a mobile agent network using network calculus. A mobile agent network includes a multi-agent system and a set of processing nodes connected by a communication network where agents reside and operate as a team. We describe such a network as a queuing system where an agent represents an information unit to be served, while nodes represent servers capable of hosting, executing and communicating with agents. In a case study, a simulation-based method for performance evaluation is proposed. Various parameters for a given scenario are analysed and the experimental results are presented.
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Sinkovic, V., Kusek, M., Jezic, G., Lovrek, I. (2008). Performance Evaluation of a Mobile Agent Network Using Network Calculus. In: Lovrek, I., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems. KES 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5177. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85563-7_27
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