Integrated approach to web performance testing: A practitioner's guide

Integrated Approach to Web Performance Testing: A Practitioner's Guide

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-368

  Subraya, B M ^a  

^a INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES LTD   (India)

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EID: 84898105454     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-785-0     Document Type: Book

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