Dynamic configuration management in a graph-oriented distributed programming environment

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-65

  Cao, Jiannong ^a   Chan, Alvin ^a   Sun, Yudong ^a   Zhang, Kang ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED PROGRAMMING;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0037843408     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6423(02)00168-5     Document Type: Article

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