Assessment of job allocation on heterogeneous computer networks

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-71

  Di Stefano, A ^a   Lo Bello, L ^a   Mirabella, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE;

HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTER NETWORKS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 0030737259     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-9978(96)00040-3     Document Type: Article

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