Leader: Mohammed Gaber

Offered

Caulfield Second semester 2008 (Day)

Synopsis

Theoretical concepts, applications and research issues of mobile software agents. Topics include: Introduction to intelligent software agents, Introduction to mobile software agents, Mobile agent applications, Network Management, Electronic Commerce, Design and development of mobile agent systems, Mobile agent toolkits, Mobile agent interactions and mobile agent security.

Objectives

Theoretical concepts, applications and research issues of mobile software agents. Topics include: Introduction to intelligent software agents, Introduction to mobile software agents, Mobile agent applications, Network Management, Electronic Commerce, , Design and development of mobile agent systems, Mobile agent toolkits, Mobile agent interactions and mobile agent security.

Assessment

Reading Component: 15%; Research Paper and Presentation: 50%; Project/Practical Assignment: 35%

Contact hours

4 x contact hrs/week

Prerequisites

Admission to a Faculty of Information Technology masters level program and a knowledge of java programming.