Technology and connections Mexican immigrants in the U.S

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 42-48

  González, Víctor M ^a   Castro, Luis A ^a   Rodriguez, Marcela D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Communities; Companies; Data mining; Economics; Internet; Probability density function; TV

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITIES; COMPANIES; DEVELOPING WORLD; FAMILY COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INSTANT MESSAGING; INTERNATIONAL CALLS; INTERNET SERVICES; LOW RATES; POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS; SOCIOTECHNICAL; TV;

COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERNET; MINING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 67649905003     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MTS.2009.932805     Document Type: Article

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