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Advances in Human-Computer Interaction
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 574276, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/574276
Integrating Decision Support and Social Networks
1Institute of Computer and Systems Engineering of Coimbra, Rua Antero de Quental 199, 3000-033 Coimbra, Portugal
2Department of Business and Economics, Beira Interior University, Estrada do Sineiro, 6200-209 Covilhã, Portugal
3Faculty of Economics, Coimbra University, Avenida Dias da Silva 165, 3004-512 Coimbra, Portugal
Received 14 July 2011; Revised 29 March 2012; Accepted 16 April 2012
Academic Editor: Arun Kumar Tripathi
Copyright © 2012 Francisco Antunes and João Paulo Costa. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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