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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 37 , Issue 5 (May 1994) table of contents

Pages: 50 - 57

Year of Publication: 1994

ISSN:0001-0782

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Jim Q. Ning	Andersen Consulting, Chicago, IL
Andre Engberts	Andersen Consulting, Chicago, IL
W. Voytek Kozaczynski	Andersen Consulting, Chicago, IL

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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