Historical evolution and mathematical models: A sociocultural algorithm

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-83

  Klüver, Jürgen ^a,b   Schmidt, Jörn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mathematical models; Social theory; Sociocultural algorithm; Sociocultural evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037220210     PISSN: 0022250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222500305887     Document Type: Article

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