Individuality in modelling: A simplifying assumption too far?

Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 691-704

  Cope, David R ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based model; IBM; Individual based model; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AGENT BASED MODEL; INDIVIDUAL BASED MODEL (IBM); POPULATION DYNAMICS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 15844396827     PISSN: 14681218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nonrwa.2004.12.011     Document Type: Article

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