A computational approach to the evolution of competitive strategy

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-176

  Lomi, Alessandro ^a   Larsen, Erik R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Competitive strategy; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031533129     PISSN: 0022250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022250X.1997.9990199     Document Type: Article

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