Software architecture for adaptive distributed multimedia systems

IEE Proceedings: Software

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 163-171

  Fitzpatrick, T ^a   Biair, G S ^a   Coulson, G ^a   Davies, N ^a   Robin, P ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive distributed multimedia systems; Afiddlen'are; Software architecture

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

COMMON OBJECT REQUEST BROKER ARCHITECTURE (CORBA);

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032184039     PISSN: 14625970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-sen:19982299     Document Type: Article

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