Microservices and their design trade-offs: a self-adaptive roadmap

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Microservices and their design trade-offs: a self-adaptive roadmap. / Hassan, Sara; Bahsoon, Rami.

2016 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC). ed. / Jia Zhang; John A. Miller; Xiaofei Xu. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016. p. 813-818.

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Harvard

Hassan, S & Bahsoon, R 2016, Microservices and their design trade-offs: a self-adaptive roadmap. in J Zhang, JA Miller & X Xu (eds), 2016 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 813-818, 13th IEEE International Conference on Services Computing , San Francisco, United States, 27/06/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/SCC.2016.113

APA

Hassan, S., & Bahsoon, R. (2016). Microservices and their design trade-offs: a self-adaptive roadmap. In J. Zhang, J. A. Miller, & X. Xu (Eds.), 2016 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC) (pp. 813-818). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/SCC.2016.113

Vancouver

Hassan S, Bahsoon R. Microservices and their design trade-offs: a self-adaptive roadmap. In Zhang J, Miller JA, Xu X, editors, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 2016. p. 813-818 https://doi.org/10.1109/SCC.2016.113

Author

Hassan, Sara ; Bahsoon, Rami. / Microservices and their design trade-offs: a self-adaptive roadmap. 2016 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC). editor / Jia Zhang ; John A. Miller ; Xiaofei Xu. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016. pp. 813-818

Bibtex

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