Solutions to Parallel and Distributed Computing Problems: Lessons from Biological Sciences

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Solutions to parallel and distributed computing problems: lessons from biological sciences / Albert Y. Zomaya, Fikret Ercal, Stephan Olariu [editors].

         p.cm.—(Wiley series on parallel and distributed computing)

      ISBN 0-471-35352-3 (cloth)

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