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Keshav, Srinivasan.
Mathematical foundations of computer networking / Srinivasan Keshav.
p. cm.
Includes index.
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alk. paper) 1. Computer networks—Mathematics—Textbooks. I. Title.
TK5105.5.K484 2012
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