Managing Computer Lab-Mobile Agent Approach

Mobile agent is a potential method and approach in addressing many issues and problems in managing and maintaining computer labs. In educational institutions, a computer lab consists of many computers used by students and staff, and each institution has many computer labs. Maintaining these public c...

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Main Author: Nor Shubaily, Khamis
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
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Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://etd.uum.edu.my/724/1/Nor_Shubaily_Khamis.pdf
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spelling my-uum-etd.7242013-07-24T12:08:42Z Managing Computer Lab-Mobile Agent Approach 2008-11-17 Nor Shubaily, Khamis College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Faculty of Information Technology QA76 Computer software Mobile agent is a potential method and approach in addressing many issues and problems in managing and maintaining computer labs. In educational institutions, a computer lab consists of many computers used by students and staff, and each institution has many computer labs. Maintaining these public computers is the task given to a few personnel such as computer technician. The technician has to move from one computer to another to do routine task such as running antivirus. The task is tedious and tiresome. Mobile agent has the potential and capabilities to perform the task, where mobile agent can be programmed to do task which is usually done by computer labs' technician. The mobile agent will move from one computer to another in the lab via computer network to execute the maintenance task in each computer autonomously. This work attempts to use mobile agent as a tool to manage computer labs in many aspects including reliability. security, technology and effectiveness. The results from this research show that mobile agents can be an efficient tool for managing computer labs. 2008-11 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/724/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/724/1/Nor_Shubaily_Khamis.pdf application/pdf eng validuser https://etd.uum.edu.my/724/2/Nor_Shubaily_Khamis.pdf application/pdf eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
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Nor Shubaily, Khamis
Managing Computer Lab-Mobile Agent Approach
description Mobile agent is a potential method and approach in addressing many issues and problems in managing and maintaining computer labs. In educational institutions, a computer lab consists of many computers used by students and staff, and each institution has many computer labs. Maintaining these public computers is the task given to a few personnel such as computer technician. The technician has to move from one computer to another to do routine task such as running antivirus. The task is tedious and tiresome. Mobile agent has the potential and capabilities to perform the task, where mobile agent can be programmed to do task which is usually done by computer labs' technician. The mobile agent will move from one computer to another in the lab via computer network to execute the maintenance task in each computer autonomously. This work attempts to use mobile agent as a tool to manage computer labs in many aspects including reliability. security, technology and effectiveness. The results from this research show that mobile agents can be an efficient tool for managing computer labs.
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author Nor Shubaily, Khamis
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title Managing Computer Lab-Mobile Agent Approach
title_short Managing Computer Lab-Mobile Agent Approach
title_full Managing Computer Lab-Mobile Agent Approach
title_fullStr Managing Computer Lab-Mobile Agent Approach
title_full_unstemmed Managing Computer Lab-Mobile Agent Approach
title_sort managing computer lab-mobile agent approach
granting_institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
publishDate 2008
url https://etd.uum.edu.my/724/1/Nor_Shubaily_Khamis.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/724/2/Nor_Shubaily_Khamis.pdf
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