Modeling the size of wars: From billiard balls to sandpiles

American Political Science Review

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-150

  Cederman, Lars Erik ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037310716     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055403000571     Document Type: Review

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