Evaluating the scalability of a Web service-based distributed e-Learning and course management system

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4184 LNCS, Issue , 2006, Pages 214-226

  Gilmore, Stephen ^a   Tribastone, Mirco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COURSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; PROCESS ALGEBRA; WEB SERVICES;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 33845188836     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/11841197_14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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