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FIT5140

Faculty of Information Technology

18 September 2017 29 April 2024
Monash University

Postgraduate - Unit

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Information Technology
OfferedNot offered in 2014

Synopsis

This unit focuses theoretical concepts, applications and research issues of mobile software agents. Students will learn techniques to design and develop mobile agent applications. A number of different toolkits/development environments will be discussed and used for the practical component of the unit. The unit analyses mobile software agents technology with respect to their use in different application domains - focusing on pervasive applications, electronic commerce/web services and distributed data/network management. Advanced research issues/topics such as communication, coordination, security and trust for mobile agent systems will also be presented.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

  • describe the principles and theoretical concepts of mobile software agents;
  • explain different mobile agent toolkits and development environments;
  • utilise techniques for achieving mobile agent communication and coordination;
  • overcome security issues in mobile agent systems;
  • select and apply appropriate tools for a particular application;
  • critically and independently analyse how mobile agents can be applied to distributed computing applications.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 60%, In-semester assessment: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor David Taniar

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

  • Two hours of lectures
  • One 2-hour tutorial

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

  • A minimum of 8 hours independent study per week for completing tutorial and project work, private study and revision.

Prerequisites

FIT5046