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Characterizing functions based on phase- and evolution-oriented models
Applied ontology 8 (2):73-94 (2013)
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The purpose of this paper is to characterize some notions of function, mainly of artifacts in engineering and philosophy, from an engineering point of view. First, we distinguish some fundamental k...Other Versions
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