An agent middleware for ubiquitous computing in healthcare

Studies in Computational Intelligence

Volumn 107, Issue , 2008, Pages 117-149

  Rodríguez, Marcela D ^a   Favela, Jesús ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

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EID: 50349095847     PISSN: 1860949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77662-8_6     Document Type: Article

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