Software implementation for mobile agents in peer-to-peer-networks - a case study

The topic of mobile agents has been of great interest to researchers in the last years. However, research concentrated on academic systems, like simulation or other applications in the area of artificial intelligence, or on systems with central authorities and in a trustworthy environment. This paper shows how a framework suitable for open (and therefore untrusted) peer-to-peer-networks has been developed as part of our research activities.