Services supporting management of distributed applications and systems

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 508-525

  Bauer, M A ^a,b   Bunt, R B ^c   El Rayess, A ^c   Finnigan, P J ^c   Kunz, T ^c   Lutfiyya, H L ^c   Marshall, A D ^c   Martin, P ^c   Oster, G M ^c   Powley, W ^c   Rolia, J ^c   Taylor, D ^c   Woodside, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Information Technology Services   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031362988     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.364.0508     Document Type: Article

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