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A distributed object platform infrastructure for multimedia applications. / Coulson, G ; Clarke, M .
In: Computer Communications, Vol. 21, No. 9, 01.07.1998, p. 802-818.

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Coulson, G & Clarke, M 1998, 'A distributed object platform infrastructure for multimedia applications', Computer Communications, vol. 21, no. 9, pp. 802-818. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-3664(98)00147-9

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Coulson, G., & Clarke, M. (1998). A distributed object platform infrastructure for multimedia applications. Computer Communications, 21(9), 802-818. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-3664(98)00147-9

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Coulson G, Clarke M. A distributed object platform infrastructure for multimedia applications. Computer Communications. 1998 Jul 1;21(9):802-818. doi: 10.1016/S0140-3664(98)00147-9

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Coulson, G ; Clarke, M . / A distributed object platform infrastructure for multimedia applications. In: Computer Communications. 1998 ; Vol. 21, No. 9. pp. 802-818.

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