It's not easy being green

Computer Communication Review

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 211-222

  Gao, Peter Xiang ^a   Curtis, Andrew R ^a   Wong, Bernard ^a   Keshav, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy; Green computing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894570485     PISSN: 01464833     EISSN: 19435819     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2377677.2377719     Document Type: Conference Paper

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