Performability modeling with ultrasan

IEEE Software

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 69-80

  Couvillion, Joseph A ^a   Roberto, Freire ^a   Ron, Johnson ^a   Obal, W Douglas ^a   Qureshi, M Akber ^a   Manish, Rai ^a   Sanders, William H ^a   Tvedt, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0002483257     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/52.84218     Document Type: Article

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