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Mobile Agents — The Right Vehicle for Distributed Sequential Computing

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High Performance Computing — HiPC 2002 (HiPC 2002)

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Distributed sequential computing (DSC) is computing with distributed data using a single locus of computation. In this paper we argue that computation mobility-the ability for the locus of computation to migrate across distributed memories and continue the computation as it meets the required data-facilitated by mobile agents with strong mobility is essential for scalable distributed sequential programs that preserve the integrity of the original algorithm.

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  1. Information and Computer Science, University of California, 92697-3425, Irvine, CA

    Lei Pan, Lubomir F. Bic, Michael B. Dillencourt & Ming Kin Lai

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  1. CISE Department, University of Florida, 32611, FL, Gainesville, USA

    Sartaj Sahni

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, EEB 200C, University of Southern California, 3740 McClintok Ave., 90089-2562, CA, Los Angeles, USA

    Viktor K. Prasanna

  3. India Software Lab, IBM Global Services India Exports, Golden Enclave, TISL Tower, Airport Road, 560 017, Bangalore, India

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Pan, L., Bic, L.F., Dillencourt, M.B., Kin Lai, M. (2002). Mobile Agents — The Right Vehicle for Distributed Sequential Computing. In: Sahni, S., Prasanna, V.K., Shukla, U. (eds) High Performance Computing — HiPC 2002. HiPC 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2552. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36265-7_54

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