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iML: A Logic-based Framework for Constructing (2001)
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@MISC{Interface01iml:a,
author = {Graphical User Interface and Naoki Fukuta and Nobuaki Mizutani and Tadachika Ozono and Toramatsu Shintani},
title = {iML: A Logic-based Framework for Constructing},
year = {2001}
}
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Abstract
Mobile agent technology is an emerging technology that allows easier design, implementation, and maintenance of distributed systems. Mobility enables agents to reduce network load, overcome network latency, and handle network disconnections. Few mobile agent systems support Prolog language, and no system supports GUI programming on Prolog language. Prolog's first order logic representation has benefits for constructing mobile agents. In this paper, we present a Prolog-based programming framework, iML, for constructing mobile agents with graphical user interfaces. On the iML framework, we provide three mechanisms: runtime environment for mobile agents, a Prolog-based mobile agent description language, and a visual tool to design GUI layouts. We evaluate the iML framework from two viewpoints: migration performance and the usability of the framework. Experimental results show that the iML method is 6.7 times smaller in size, and 6.0 times faster in migration speed in comparison with the Java serialization technique. We used the iML framework at our knowledge programming lecture. During the lecture, 60 students attended after which 45 students could create GUI-based mobile agents, and 16 students could create excellent applications by using the framework.
Keyphrases
logic-based framework iml framework mobile agent network load experimental result prolog-based programming framework runtime environment prolog-based mobile agent description language knowledge programming lecture visual tool order logic representation gui layout distributed system excellent application java serialization technique mobile agent technology gui-based mobile agent iml method handle network disconnection migration speed graphical user interface overcome network latency migration performance prolog language
