Synthetic characters in health-related applications

Studies in Computational Intelligence

Volumn 65, Issue , 2007, Pages 5-26

  Hubal, R ^a   Kizakevich, P ^a   Furberg, R ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 34250171670     PISSN: 1860949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-72375-2_2     Document Type: Article

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