A scalable cluster-based infrastructure for edge-computing services

World Wide Web

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 317-341

  Grieco, Raffaella ^a   Malandrino, Delfina ^a   Scarano, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Edge Services; Intermediary systems; Personalized and mobile services; Proxy servers; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749000286     PISSN: 1386145X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11280-006-8559-x     Document Type: Article

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