Mobile JikesRVM: A framework to support transparent Java thread migration

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 70, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 221-240

  Quitadamo, Raffaele ^a   Cabri, Giacomo ^a   Leonardi, Letizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Code mobility; Distributed applications; Java virtual machine; JikesRVM; Thread migration

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CODE MOBILITY; DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS; MULTITHREADED JAVA APPLICATIONS; THREAD MIGRATION; THREAD SERIALIZATION;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

EID: 39049142606     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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