How can statistical mechanics contribute to social science?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 96, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 10582-10584

  Durlauf, Steven N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032850777     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.19.10582     Document Type: Review

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