Facilitating technology forestry: Software tool support for creating functional technology trees

2013 3rd International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology, INTECH 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 510-519

  Heinimaki, Teemu J ^a   Elomaa, Tapio ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL GAMES; MODULAR IMPLEMENTATION; SCRIPTING LANGUAGES; TECHNOLOGY TREES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FORESTRY;

TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER PROGRAMS; FORESTRY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84891118365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INTECH.2013.6653646     Document Type: Conference Paper

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