Automatic online validation of network configuration in the Emulab network testbed

Proceedings - 3rd International Conference on Autonomic Computing, ICAC 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 134-142

  Anderson, David S ^a,b   Hibler, Mike ^a   Stoller, Leigh ^a   Stack, Tim ^a   Lepreau, Jay ^a  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC VALIDATION; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; USER SPECIFICATIONS;

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LOGIC DESIGN; REAL TIME CONTROL; USER INTERFACES; VERIFICATION;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 34247620480     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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