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International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 645049, 13 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/645049
Research Article

An Evolutionary Video Assignment Optimization Technique for VOD System in Heterogeneous Environment

King-Man Ho, Wing-Fai Poon, and Kwok-Tung Lo

Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong

Received 8 January 2010; Accepted 21 June 2010

Academic Editor: Markus Kampmann

Copyright © 2010 King-Man Ho et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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