Humanitarian makerspaces in crisis-affected communities
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0890-0604,1469-1760
DOI: 10.1017/s0890060420000098