Software architecture for a Virtual Environment for Nano Scale Assembly

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, March-April, 2004 by Yong-Gu Lee, Kevin W. Lyons, Shaw C. Feng

(2) Certain commercial equipment, instruments, or materials are identified in this paper to foster understanding. Such identification does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, nor does it imply that the materials or equipment identified are necessarily the best available for the purpose.

(3) Cluster programming and distributed programming are terms used interchangeably throughout this paper.

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