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Characterising and exploiting workloads of highly interactive video-on-demand

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Characterising and exploiting workloads of highly interactive video-on-demand. / Brampton, Andrew; MacQuire, Andrew; Fry, Michael et al.
In: Multimedia Systems, Vol. 15, No. 1, 01.02.2009, p. 3-17.

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Brampton, A, MacQuire, A, Fry, M, Rai, I, Race, NJP & Mathy, L 2009, 'Characterising and exploiting workloads of highly interactive video-on-demand', Multimedia Systems, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 3-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00530-008-0126-0

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Brampton, A., MacQuire, A., Fry, M., Rai, I., Race, N. J. P., & Mathy, L. (2009). Characterising and exploiting workloads of highly interactive video-on-demand. Multimedia Systems, 15(1), 3-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00530-008-0126-0

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Brampton A, MacQuire A, Fry M, Rai I, Race NJP, Mathy L. Characterising and exploiting workloads of highly interactive video-on-demand. Multimedia Systems. 2009 Feb 1;15(1):3-17. doi: 10.1007/s00530-008-0126-0

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Brampton, Andrew ; MacQuire, Andrew ; Fry, Michael et al. / Characterising and exploiting workloads of highly interactive video-on-demand. In: Multimedia Systems. 2009 ; Vol. 15, No. 1. pp. 3-17.

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