Ontology and terminology servers in agent-based Health-care Information Systems

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-43

  Falasconi, S ^a   Lanzola, G ^a   Stefanelli, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

agent; distributed health care; ontology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030984319     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634688     Document Type: Article

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