gcs-ma: a group communication system for mobile agents

Reliable messaging is a key component necessary for mobile agent systems. Current researches focus on reliable one-to-one message delivery to mobile agents. But how to implement a group communication system for mobile agents remains an open issue, which is a powerful block that facilitates the development of fault-tolerant mobile agent systems. In this paper, we propose a group communication system for mobile agents (GCS-MA), which includes totally ordered multicast and membership management functions. We divide a group of mobile agents into several agent clusters,and each agent cluster consists of all mobile agents residing in the same sub-network and is managed by a special module, named coordinator. Then, all coordinators form a ring-based overlay for interchanging messages between clusters. We present a token-based algorithm, an intra-cluster messaging algorithm and an inter-cluster migration algorithm to achieve atomicity and total ordering properties of multicast messages, by building a membership protocol on top of the clustering and failure detection mechanisms. Performance issues of the proposed system have been analysed through simulations. We also describe the application of the proposed system in the context of the service cooperation middleware (SCM) project.

1.2 MeV/40 mA电子加速器的研制

装置应国内辐照加工需求而研制,采用单相无铁芯变压器结构,初级供以400 Hz的中频交流,次级全波整流倍压后级联形成直流高压。加速管同心地位于次级线圈内,电子枪采用间热式LaB6发射阴极。该装置结构紧凑,电子束1.2 MeV/40 mA,束流功率近50 kW,不稳定度均好于±5%,电功率转化效率高于65%,已通过8 h运行测试。

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