Worldwide computing middleware

The Practical Handbook of Internet Computing

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 38-1-38-21

  Agha, Gul A ^a   Varela, Carlos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780203507223     Document Type: Chapter

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