A geographic perspective on commercial internet survivability

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-69

  Grubesic, Tony H ^a   O'Kelly, Morton E ^a   Murray, Alan T ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PACKET NETWORKS; RELIABILITY; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

COMMERCIAL INTERNET SURVIVABILITY;

INTERNET;

EID: 0037290018     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5853(02)00003-5     Document Type: Article

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