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Network Management Framework

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The chapter identifies and highlights network specific management issues. It does so by presenting a walk-through of the DOMINO network management framework. The different views and building blocks are introduced and respective management challenges are elaborated.

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    Kai Riemer & Stefan Klein

  2. University College Dublin, Dublin

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Riemer, K., Klein, S. (2006). Network Management Framework. In: Klein, S., Poulymenakou, A. (eds) Managing Dynamic Networks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32884-X_2

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