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The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation Applications Methodology Technology

Modeling and simulation of quantum information, quantum communication, and quantum key distribution (QKD) systems

Michael R. Grimaila

Published Dec 10, 2018• 0 citations
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10.1177/1548512918805841

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