From factors to actors: Computational sociology and agent-based modeling

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 28, Issue , 2002, Pages 143-166

  Macy, Michael W ^a   Willer, Robert ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Complexity; Emergence; Genetic algorithm; Self organization; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036025778     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.28.110601.141117     Document Type: Review

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