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Diversity of Grid Traffic: A Survey-based Study

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Diversity of Grid Traffic: A Survey-based Study. / El khatib, Yehia; Edwards, Christopher; EC-GIN (Funder).
2007. 56-61 Paper presented at The 8th EPSRC Annual Postgraduate Symposium on the Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking and Broadcasting (PGNET 2007), Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.

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El khatib, Y, Edwards, C & EC-GIN (Funder) 2007, 'Diversity of Grid Traffic: A Survey-based Study', Paper presented at The 8th EPSRC Annual Postgraduate Symposium on the Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking and Broadcasting (PGNET 2007), Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK, 28/06/07 - 29/06/07 pp. 56-61.

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El khatib, Y., Edwards, C., & EC-GIN (Funder) (2007). Diversity of Grid Traffic: A Survey-based Study. 56-61. Paper presented at The 8th EPSRC Annual Postgraduate Symposium on the Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking and Broadcasting (PGNET 2007), Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.

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El khatib Y, Edwards C, EC-GIN (Funder). Diversity of Grid Traffic: A Survey-based Study. 2007. Paper presented at The 8th EPSRC Annual Postgraduate Symposium on the Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking and Broadcasting (PGNET 2007), Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.

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El khatib, Yehia ; Edwards, Christopher ; EC-GIN (Funder). / Diversity of Grid Traffic: A Survey-based Study. Paper presented at The 8th EPSRC Annual Postgraduate Symposium on the Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking and Broadcasting (PGNET 2007), Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.6 p.

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