How a philosophical theory of causation may help in ontological engineering

Comparative and Functional Genomics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-114

  von Wachter, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DATA BASE; GERMANY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NOMENCLATURE; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; THEORY; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 0037293960     PISSN: 15316912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cfg.258     Document Type: Review

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