Client-server implementation: Some management pointers

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 127-145

  Chengalur Smith, Indushobha ^a   Duchessi, Peter ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Client server; Client server systems; Clientserver benefits; Clientserver implementation factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343279518     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.820731     Document Type: Article

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