Dynamic load balancing on web-server systems

IEEE Internet Computing

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 28-39

  Cardellini, Valeria ^a   Colajanni, Michele ^b   Yu, Philip S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 33747844327     PISSN: 10897801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4236.769420     Document Type: Review

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