Mobile Social Network in a Cultural Context

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Mobile Social Network in a Cultural Context. / Liu, Jun.

M-Science: Sensing, Computing and Dissemination. ed. / Enrique Canessa; Marco Zennaro. ICTP—The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, 2010. p. 211-240.

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Harvard

Liu, J 2010, Mobile Social Network in a Cultural Context. in E Canessa & M Zennaro (eds), M-Science: Sensing, Computing and Dissemination. ICTP—The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, pp. 211-240.

APA

Liu, J. (2010). Mobile Social Network in a Cultural Context. In E. Canessa, & M. Zennaro (Eds.), M-Science: Sensing, Computing and Dissemination (pp. 211-240). ICTP—The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics.

Vancouver

Liu J. Mobile Social Network in a Cultural Context. In Canessa E, Zennaro M, editors, M-Science: Sensing, Computing and Dissemination. ICTP—The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics. 2010. p. 211-240

Author

Liu, Jun. / Mobile Social Network in a Cultural Context. M-Science: Sensing, Computing and Dissemination. editor / Enrique Canessa ; Marco Zennaro. ICTP—The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, 2010. pp. 211-240

Bibtex

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