Epistemic consequences of two different strategies for decomposing biological networks

EPSA Philosophical Issues in the Sciences: Launch of the European Philosophy of Science Association

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 153-162

  Krohs, Ulrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 84856671863     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3252-2_15     Document Type: Chapter

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