Load balancing in CORBA: A survey of concepts, patterns, and techniques

Journal of Supercomputing

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-161

  Schnekenburger, Thomas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTEROPERABILITY; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

COMMON OBJECT REQUEST BROKER ARCHITECTURE (CORBA);

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 0033896085     PISSN: 09208542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008151819268     Document Type: Article

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