Intelligent versus Malicious Agent: A Comparative Study
The agent can be categorized into two types; one is known as an
intelligent agent and the second is malicious agent, called
computer viruses. These types of agents have some common
characteristics; both are intelligent by nature and both have the
properties reproduction and transfer from one host to another
host in the network, called transferability. The fundamental
difference between these agents is that the intelligent agent uses
deliberate transport infrastructure while the malicious agent
hijacks the resources. The intelligent agents are used in a
distributed environment because they are not cumbersome for the
network traffic; they overcome network latency, operate in
heterogeneous environment and possess fault-tolerant behavior,
on the other hand the malicious agents are inefficient and
wasteful for computer network resources. This is a discussion
paper; we present a comparative study of intelligent and
malicious agent and also draw a comparison between an
intelligent agent and a distributed object.
Keywords: Intelligent Agent, Malicious Agent, Distributed Objects
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Dost Muhammad Khan
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & IT, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, PAKISTAN & PhD Student, School of Innovative Technologies & Engineering, University of Technology Mauritius (UTM), MAURITIUS
Nawaz Mohamudally
Associate Professor, & Consultancy & Technology Transfer Centre, Manager, University of Technology, MAURITIUS (UTM)
Dost Muhammad Khan
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & IT, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, PAKISTAN & PhD Student, School of Innovative Technologies & Engineering, University of Technology Mauritius (UTM), MAURITIUS
Nawaz Mohamudally
Associate Professor, & Consultancy & Technology Transfer Centre, Manager, University of Technology, MAURITIUS (UTM)