If engineering function is a family resemblance concept: Assessing three formalization strategies

Applied ontology 6 (2):141-163 (2011)
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In this paper we argue that the challenge of the formalization of functions not merely consists of analyzing and formalizing yet another concept; the challenge may also consist of formalizing a con...

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Massimiliano Carrara
University of Padua
Paweł Garbacz
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

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