Formal classification of medical concept descriptions: Graph-oriented operators

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 510-517

  Bernauer, J ^a   Schoop, D ^a,b  

^a ULM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptual Graphs; Formal Classification; Medical Concept Representation; Part whole Relation; Terminology Models

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LANGUAGE; LOGIC; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032445535     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634546     Document Type: Review

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