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Wolski, R., Obertelli, G., Allen, M., Nurmi, D., Brevik, J. (2006). Predicting Grid Resource Performance Online. In: Zomaya, A.Y. (eds) Handbook of Nature-Inspired and Innovative Computing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27705-6_18

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