A context model based on ontological languages: A proposal for information visualization

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1539-1555

  Hervás, Ramón ^a   Bravo, José ^a   Fontecha, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ambient intelligence; Context awareness; Information visualization; Knowledge management; Semantic web

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957102473     PISSN: 0958695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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