An analytical tool for predicting the performance of parallel relational databases

Concurrency Practice and Experience

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 635-653

  Williams, M H ^a   Dempster, E W ^a   Tomov, N T ^a   Pua, C S ^a   Taylor, H ^a   Burger, A ^a   Lu J ^b   Broughton, P ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c International Computers Limited   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0346965927     PISSN: 10403108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9128(199909)11:11<635::AID-CPE448>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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