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On the placement of software mechanisms for detection of data errors. / Hiller, M.; Jhumka, A.; Suri, Neeraj.
Proceedings International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks. 2002. p. 135-144.

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Hiller, M, Jhumka, A & Suri, N 2002, On the placement of software mechanisms for detection of data errors. in Proceedings International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks. pp. 135-144. https://doi.org/10.1109/DSN.2002.1028894

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Hiller, M., Jhumka, A., & Suri, N. (2002). On the placement of software mechanisms for detection of data errors. In Proceedings International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (pp. 135-144) https://doi.org/10.1109/DSN.2002.1028894

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Hiller M, Jhumka A, Suri N. On the placement of software mechanisms for detection of data errors. In Proceedings International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks. 2002. p. 135-144 doi: 10.1109/DSN.2002.1028894

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Hiller, M. ; Jhumka, A. ; Suri, Neeraj. / On the placement of software mechanisms for detection of data errors. Proceedings International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks. 2002. pp. 135-144

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