Online software upgrading: New research directions and practical considerations

Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society's International Computer Software and Applications Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 977-981

  Segal, Mark E ^a  

^a TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAM UPDATING; ONLINE SOFTWARE UPGRADING;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER HARDWARE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTERNET;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036387069     PISSN: 07303157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CMPSAC.2002.1045133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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