Retrieval System for Distributed Component Repositories


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Abstract


A component retrieval system must satisfy stringent timing constraints when applied to distributed repositories. As the size of component repositories increases, the efficiency of the retrieval system becomes a pressing concern. Instead of performing a dedicated and manual search, we propose to delegate this task to mobile agents, a paradigm that provides an efficient solution in terms of dealing with the objects in a network. Mobile agents can be used for effective and efficient software component retrieval from distributed repositories. It reduces resource usage at developers ease. Our model employs mobile agent to carry user query to various servers on the network, searches the candidate components in all repositories and informs user via email. Component search is based on weights carried by various component descriptions in formal specifications using Z. A tool has been developed and verified using Aglet Software Development Kit (ASDK version Aglets 1.1b3 by IBM) and javamail 1.3 & jaf 1.0.2.
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Formal Specifications; Mobile Agent; Reusable Libraries and Reusable Models

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