A survey on energy efficiency in information systems

International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Vitali, Monica ^a   Pernici, Barbara ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

adaptivity; assessment; Energy efficiency; Green IS; Green IT; Information Systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906266660     PISSN: 02188430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218843014500014     Document Type: Review

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