Remote enqueue operation on networks of workstations

Informatica (Ljubljana)

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-39

  Katevenis, Manolis G H ^a,b   Markatos, Evangelos P ^a,b   Vatsolaki, Penny ^a   Xanthaki, Chara ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER COMPUTING; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; MESSAGE PASSING; NETWORKS OF WORKSTATIONS;

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER NETWORKS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033116224     PISSN: 03505596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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