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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 37 , Issue 12 (December 1994) table of contents

Pages: 36 - 49

Year of Publication: 1994

ISSN:0001-0782

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Gerald L. Lohse	Wharton School of the Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Kevin Biolsi	The Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Neff Walker	Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Henry H. Rueter	Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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