The use of models in sociology

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 336, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 146-152

  Pabjan, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESEARCH; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SOCIAL MODELS; SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EID: 1442309234     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.01.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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