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technology and its benefits. This study gives a reallife example of how to use mobile agents for distributed network management. It is the first in the literature that reports the analysis of network performance based on an operational prototype of mobile agentbased distributednetwork. We strongly believe the contribution of this study warrants its publication in the [journal title/acronym].4. Names, addresses, and addresses of four expert referees.Prof. Dr. William GatesChair Professor of Information Technology321 Johnson HallPremier University Lancaster, NY 000126666, USAphone: +18888888888 fax: +18888888886 wgates@Expertise: published a related paper (TCP/IP and OSI: Four Strategies for Interconnection) in CACM, 38(3), pp. 188198.Relationship: I met Dr. Gate only once at a conference in 1999. I didn39。t know him personally.Assoc Prof. Dr. John AdamsDirector of Network Research CenterCollege of Business Australian University123, Harbor Drive Sydney,Australia 56789phone: +61888888888 fax: +61888888886jadams@Expertise: published a related paper (Creating Mobile Agents) in IEEE TOSE, 18(8), pp. 8898.Relationship: None. I have never met Dr. Adams.Assoc Prof. Dr. ChiaHo ChenChair of MIS DepartmentCollege of ManagementOpen University888, Putong RoadKeelung, Taiwan 100phone: +886288888888 fax: +886288888886chchen@Expertise: published a related paper (Network Management for ECommerce) in IJ Electronic Business, 1(4), pp. 1828.Relationship: Former professor, dissertation chairman.Mr. Frank YoungPartner, ABC Consulting888, Seashore HighwayWon Kok, KowloonHong Kongphone: +85288888888 fax: +85288888886fyoung@Expertise: Mr. Young provides consulting services extensively to his clients regarding network management practices.Relationship: I have worked with Mr. Young in several consulting projects in the past three years.Finally, this paper is our original unpublished work and it has not been submitted to any other journal for reviews.Sincerely,Johnny Smith