Can agent-based models assist decisions on large-scale practical problems? A philosophical analysis

Complexity

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 26-33

  Gross, Dominique ^a   Strand, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 0345392577     PISSN: 10762787     EISSN: 10990526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0526(200007/08)5:6<26::AID-CPLX6>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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