Linked Data Exploration in Product Life-Cycle Management

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Linked Data Exploration in Product Life-Cycle Management

Soumaya Kadiri, Ana Milicic, Dimitris Kiritsis

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Soumaya Kadiri, Ana Milicic, Dimitris Kiritsis. Linked Data Exploration in Product Life-Cycle Man-

agement. 20th Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS), Sep 2013, State College, PA,

United States. pp.460-467, �10.1007/978-3-642-41263-9_57�. �hal-01449755�

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