ReTAX: A step in the automation of taxonomic revision

Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 257-279

  Alberdi, Eugenio ^a   Sleeman, Derek H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Empirical study; Historical simulation; Scientific discovery; Taxonomy; Theory revision

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; TESTING;

SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY; TAXONOMIC REVISION; TAXONOMY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0031122242     PISSN: 00043702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-3702(97)00010-6     Document Type: Article

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