Published In : IJCSN Journal Volume 6, Issue 6

Date of Publication : December 2017

Pages : 826-834

Figures :06

Tables : 02

 

Amosa Babalola : is a Chief Lecturer at the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Nigeria Holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science, and he is presently at San Juan de la Cruz, University, San Jose, Costa Rica. His area of specialization includes; Mobile Agents, Health informatics, Databases and Steganography. He has published a number of referred papers at local and international levels.

Onyeka Ndidi : Department of Computer Science, Federal Polytechnic, Ede. Nigeria.

Olaniyi Busayo : Department of Computer Science, Federal Polytechnic, Ede. Nigeria.

Babafemi Olusola : Department of Computer Science, Federal Polytechnic, Ede. Nigeria .

 

Mobile Agent, Performance, Computer Network, Code Mobility, Security Monitoring

In this research, we have presented how the performance of mobile agent can be increased. The major idea behind the model is to reduce the size of the mobile agent. The model allows the mobile agents to visit all the available places during the migration. During migration, some nodes may refuse the mobile agents because their sizes are large and not acceptable to store them. The model can help in this situation. Two experiments have been performed and according to the result, the model proved its efficiency in reducing the mobile agent size.

 

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