A conceptual model for increasing utilization of dependable computer networks

Data and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-269

  Zviran, Moshe ^a   Ahituv, Niv ^a   Glezer, Chanan ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computer networks; Dependability; Fault tolerance; Load balancing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MULTITASKING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

LOAD BALANCING;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 0038824850     PISSN: 0169023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-023X(03)00019-3     Document Type: Article

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