Software performance evaluation by models

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 1769, Issue , 2000, Pages 283-304

  Woodside, Murray ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0013288117     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-46506-5_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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