This underlying concept is also called remote programming. White, J.E. Mobile agents make a network an open platform for third-party developers . The coarse grained approach, in contrast, divides the application into a set of processes, each of which is assigned its own distinct address space, and can move between hosts during its execution. Other environments take a system based approach where an existing language is used as is, along with a set of libraries and runtime support. J. E. White.
Mobile agents make a network an open platform for third-party developers .
The details of how Telescript agents jump between mobile hosts and handle disconnected operation are unclear. James E. White. Mobile agents make a network an open platform for third-party developers . By transporting the agent code to the host machines in a distributed network, there is no need to bring intermediate data across the network, and thus a significant amount of network bandwidth use and communication delay can be avoided. To overcome the communication barrier, there is a need for lighter weight and more flexible architectures.