Ancient symbols, computational linguistics, and the reviewing practices of the general science journals

Computational Linguistics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 585-594

  Sproat, Richard ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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GENERAL SCIENCE;

EID: 77958054484     PISSN: 08912017     EISSN: 15309312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/coli_a_00011     Document Type: Article

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