A hypertext knowledge base medium for the delivery of epidemiological models and expert systems

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-105

  Reid, S W J ^a   Mellor, D J ^a   Irwin, T ^b   Love, S ^a   Gettinby, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equine disease; Information system; Knowledge base; Modelling

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0038971197     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-5877(95)00522-6     Document Type: Article

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