Scalability evaluation of a distributed agent system

Distributed Systems Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 129-134

  Burness, Anne Louise ^a   Titmuss, Richard ^a   Lebre, Caroline ^a   Brown, Katie ^a   Brookland, Alan ^a  

^a MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33646753515     PISSN: 09671846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-1846/6/4/302     Document Type: Article

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