MOVING AN AGENT FROM A FIRST EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT TO A SECOND EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT.

A method for moving an agent that utilizes a first as-needed canonical rule set in a first execution environment to a second execution environment where the agent utilizes a second as-needed rule set comprising discarding a rule in the first execution environment that will not be needed in the second execution environment, retrieving an additional rule that will be needed in the second execution environment and sending the agent including the additional rule from the first execution environment to the second execution environment.