International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 79, Issue 5 , Pages 370-387 , May 2010

Using ontologies for structuring organizational knowledge in Home Care assistance

  • Aida Valls

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Av Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 977 55 96 88; fax: +34 977 55 97 10.
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  • Karina Gibert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics and Operational Research, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, C/ Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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  • David Sánchez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Av Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
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  • Montserrat Batet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Av Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain

Received 1 July 2009 ,Revised 26 January 2010 ,Accepted 26 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.01.012

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 79, Issue 5 , Pages 370-387 , May 2010

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