Visualizing graphical and textual formalisms

Information Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 753-768

  Castello, R ^a   Mili, R ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^b The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; SEMANTICS;

REACTIVE SYSTEMS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 0042430591     PISSN: 03064379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4379(02)00081-9     Document Type: Article

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