TY - JOUR AU - Udanor, Collins N AU - Oparaku, Ogbonna U. PY - 2016/04/28 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A Performance Evaluation of a Multi-Agent Mobile Learning System JF - International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM) JA - Int. J. Interact. Mob. Technol. VL - 10 IS - 2 SE - Papers DO - 10.3991/ijim.v10i2.4873 UR - https://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jim/article/view/4873 SP - pp. 10-18 AB - Mobile devices have emerged as our daily companion whose applicability evolves as the day unfolds. One of such applications is in the area of learning, called mobile learning (M-learning). However, as with all new technologies, M-learning is faced with the issues of standard, content packing, and deployment. And like other distributed applications on ubiquitous networks, M-learning is challenged with performance issues. This work shows the implementation and evaluation of a model for intelligent mobile learning system (IMLS) using a multi-agent system (MAS), such as the Java Agent Development Environment (JADE) framework. Two M-learning applications (agent-based and non-agent) were developed, deployed and tested. The agent-based application is deployed using an HTTP-based Message Transfer Protocol (MTP). The results suggest that agents can increase the performance of an M-learning application up to eight times. ER -