A reputation-based model for mobile agent migration for information search and retrieval

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Highlights：

• A reputation-based model is developed for mobile agent migration to search and retrieve information in decentralized, open systems.

• We use opinion-based belief structure to represent, aggregate and finally calculate the reputation of an information host.

• The proposed approach allows users to rank each information host's quality of service based on a set of evaluation categories.

• Then, a comprehensive, final reputation of the host is obtained by aggregating those specific category reputations.

• The transferable belief model is used to represent and rank the category reputation.

• We have conducted an experiment using the Aglets technology to illustrate mobile agent migration.

摘要

•A reputation-based model is developed for mobile agent migration to search and retrieve information in decentralized, open systems.•We use opinion-based belief structure to represent, aggregate and finally calculate the reputation of an information host.•The proposed approach allows users to rank each information host's quality of service based on a set of evaluation categories.•Then, a comprehensive, final reputation of the host is obtained by aggregating those specific category reputations.•The transferable belief model is used to represent and rank the category reputation.•We have conducted an experiment using the Aglets technology to illustrate mobile agent migration.

论文关键词：Information retrieval,Mobile agent,Reputation,Belief,Experiment

论文评审过程：Received 11 August 2016, Revised 26 February 2017, Accepted 5 April 2017, Available online 16 May 2017, Version of Record 16 May 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2017.04.002