Syntax and semantics of gql, a graphical query language

Journal of Visual Languages and Computing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 3-25

  Papantonakis, A ^a   King, P J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0009811292     PISSN: 1045926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvlc.1995.1002     Document Type: Article

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