Programming as a soft skill for project managers: How to have a computer take over some of your work

Koldunov, Nikolay V.; Cristini, Luisa

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-45-295-2018

Articles | Volume 45

https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-45-295-2018

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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 45

18 Oct 2018

| 18 Oct 2018

Programming as a soft skill for project managers: How to have a computer take over some of your work

Nikolay V. Koldunov and Luisa Cristini

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