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A Comprehensive Experimental Comparison of Event Driven and Multi-Threaded Sensor Node Operating Systems

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A Comprehensive Experimental Comparison of Event Driven and Multi-Threaded Sensor Node Operating Systems. / Duffy, Cormac; Roedig, Utz; Herbert, John et al.
In: Journal of Networks, Vol. 3, No. 3, 03.2008.

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Duffy, C, Roedig, U, Herbert, J & Sreenan, CJ 2008, 'A Comprehensive Experimental Comparison of Event Driven and Multi-Threaded Sensor Node Operating Systems', Journal of Networks, vol. 3, no. 3.

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Duffy, Cormac ; Roedig, Utz ; Herbert, John et al. / A Comprehensive Experimental Comparison of Event Driven and Multi-Threaded Sensor Node Operating Systems. In: Journal of Networks. 2008 ; Vol. 3, No. 3.

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