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Supporting collaborative applications in a heterogeneous mobile environment. / Davies, Nigel; Blair, Gordon S.; Cheverst, Keith et al.
In: Computer Communications, Vol. 19, No. 4, 04.1996, p. 346-358.

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Davies, N, Blair, GS, Cheverst, K, Friday, A & EPSRC (Funder) 1996, 'Supporting collaborative applications in a heterogeneous mobile environment', Computer Communications, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 346-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/0140-3664(96)01069-9

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Davies, N., Blair, G. S., Cheverst, K., Friday, A., & EPSRC (Funder) (1996). Supporting collaborative applications in a heterogeneous mobile environment. Computer Communications, 19(4), 346-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/0140-3664(96)01069-9

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Davies N, Blair GS, Cheverst K, Friday A, EPSRC (Funder). Supporting collaborative applications in a heterogeneous mobile environment. Computer Communications. 1996 Apr;19(4):346-358. doi: 10.1016/0140-3664(96)01069-9

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Davies, Nigel ; Blair, Gordon S. ; Cheverst, Keith et al. / Supporting collaborative applications in a heterogeneous mobile environment. In: Computer Communications. 1996 ; Vol. 19, No. 4. pp. 346-358.

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