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ERIC Number: EJ736355
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Jul
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0007-1013
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An Autonomous Mobile Agent-Based Distributed Learning Architecture: A Proposal and Analytical Analysis
Ahmed, Iftikhar; Sadeq, Muhammad Jafar
British Journal of Educational Technology, v37 n4 p605-616 Jul 2006
Current distance learning systems are increasingly packing highly data-intensive contents on servers, resulting in the congestion of network and server resources at peak service times. A distributed learning system based on faded information field (FIF) architecture that employs mobile agents (MAs) has been proposed and simulated in this work. The learning contents are decentralised in the proposed system, and these are dynamically distributed around the main education site server on different nodes in response to network congestion and server overload. The system simulation results have been presented and analysed. The proposed system holds the potential to address the network congestion and server-overload problems in distance learning systems.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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