From WIMPS to 3D: The development of AMAZE

Journal of Visual Languages and Computing

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-319

  Boyle, John ^a   Leishman, Scott ^b   Gray, Peter M D ^b  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030242261     PISSN: 1045926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvlc.1996.0016     Document Type: Article

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