PROCESSING REMOTE MEASUREMENT DATABASES BY THE MEANS OF MOBILE AGENTS

Steffen Kernchen, Dmytro Rud, Fritz Zbrog, Reiner R. Dumke

2007

Abstract

This paper discusses possible approaches for using mobile agents for accessing and processing of big remote databases containing measurement data. There are several reasons that make it inappropriate to dispatch raw data over the network. (a) Those data may be confidential and therefore need to be anonymized. (b) The amount of the data can be too big. In this case it could be advisable to generalize the data on the database provider node and to transfer only these generalization results to the customer. (c) Furthermore, this special information processing can be not in line with qualifications of both the database holder and its clients. The usage of agents gives the possibility to outsource the development and installation of additional software to an external agent provider, which is then responsible for regular updates of the software considering aspects like new algorithms. Application scenarios are outlined and certain kinds of service will be described and motivated with examples.

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in Harvard Style

Kernchen S., Rud D., Zbrog F. and R. Dumke R. (2007). PROCESSING REMOTE MEASUREMENT DATABASES BY THE MEANS OF MOBILE AGENTS . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST, ISBN 978-972-8865-77-1, pages 184-188. DOI: 10.5220/0001271601840188


in Bibtex Style

@conference{webist07,
author={Steffen Kernchen and Dmytro Rud and Fritz Zbrog and Reiner R. Dumke},
title={PROCESSING REMOTE MEASUREMENT DATABASES BY THE MEANS OF MOBILE AGENTS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,},
year={2007},
pages={184-188},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001271601840188},
isbn={978-972-8865-77-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,
TI - PROCESSING REMOTE MEASUREMENT DATABASES BY THE MEANS OF MOBILE AGENTS
SN - 978-972-8865-77-1
AU - Kernchen S.
AU - Rud D.
AU - Zbrog F.
AU - R. Dumke R.
PY - 2007
SP - 184
EP - 188
DO - 10.5220/0001271601840188