Distributed feature composition: A virtual architecture for telecommunications services

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 831-847

  Jackson, Michael ^a   Pamela Zave, Member ^a  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Feature composition; Feature interaction; Feature specification; Pipe and filter

Indexed keywords

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DISTRIBUTED FEATURE COMPOSITION; FEATURE INTERACTION; FEATURE SPECIFICATION; VIRTUAL ARCHITECTURE;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 0032179535     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.729683     Document Type: Article

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