Ecological applications of qualitative reasoning

Ecological Informatics: Scope, Techniques and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 15-47

  Bredeweg, B ^a   Salles, P ^b   Neumann, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 40949091763     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28426-5_2     Document Type: Chapter

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