Modeling next generation configuration management tools

LISA 2006 - 20th Large Installation System Administration Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 131-147

  Burgess, Mark ^a   Couch, Alva ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT; CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT TOOLS; CURRENT THEORETICAL MODELS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 85094324399     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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