Reactive mobility by failure

Mobile agent development is mainly supported by Java-based platforms. However, the weak mobility model they use, added to the inherent complexity of building location-aware software, impose strong limitations for developing mobile agents. In this article we present MoviLog, a platform for building Prolog-based mobile agents with a strong mobility model. The major contribution of MoviLog is its Reactive Mobility by Failure (RMF) mechanism. MRF is a mechanism that acts when an agent needs a resource that is not available at the current executing site. RMF uses a distributed multi-agent system to transparently transport the executing agent to the site where the resource is available, thus reducing the development effort with respect of traditional platforms, while maintaining its advantages Eje: Inteligencia artificial Red de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI)