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Luca Bilancetti1, Denis Poncelet, Catherine Loisel

  • 1ENITIAA, UMR CNRS GEPEA 6144, route de la Geraudiere, BP 82225, 44322, Nantes Cedex 3, France.

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|August 14, 2010
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