Scaling in cognition

Fractals

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 379-391

  Morariu, Vasile V ^a   Coza, Aurel ^b   Chis, Minerva Alouette ^c   Isvoran, Adriana ^d   Morariu, Laura Cornelia ^e,f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ISOTOPIC AND MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGIES   (Romania)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

^d WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

^e ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

^f Diagnostic and Treatment Centre   (Romania)

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EID: 0346512551     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X01000919     Document Type: Article

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