Introduction to knowledge spaces: How to build, test, and search them

Psychological Review

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 201-224

  Falmagne, Jean Claude ^a   Doignon, Jean Paul ^b   Koppen, Mathieu ^c   Villano, Michael ^c   Johannesen, Leila ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0003171763     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.97.2.201     Document Type: Article

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