Artificial societies multiagent systems and the micro-macro link in sociological theory

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 325-363

  Sawyer, R Keith ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Emergence; Multiagent systems; Sociological theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037256462     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124102239079     Document Type: Review

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