Agent technology and healthcare: Possibilities, challenges and examples of application

Studies in Computational Intelligence

Volumn 309, Issue , 2010, Pages 25-48

  Sánchez, David ^a   Isern, David ^a   Moreno, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

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EID: 78049274329     PISSN: 1860949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-14464-6_3     Document Type: Article

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