Reducing latent errors, drift errors, and stakeholder dissonance
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Reducing latent errors, drift errors, and stakeholder dissonance.
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عنوان ژورنال: Work
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1875-9270,1051-9815
DOI: 10.3233/wor-2012-0413-1948