Analysing Internet software retrieval systems: Modeling and performance comparison

Wireless Networks

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-238

  Merseguer, José ^a   Campos, Javier ^a   Mena, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Internet; Mobile agent technology; Software performance engineering; Stochastic Petri nets; UML

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PETRI NETS; SOFTWARE AGENTS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

SOFTWARE RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

INTERNET;

EID: 0037404105     PISSN: 10220038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022825210932     Document Type: Conference Paper

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