mathematical modeling issues in analytical representations of human societies

Cybernetics and Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 163-172

  Read, Dwight W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL ASPECTS; HUMAN SOCIETIES; SOCIAL SYSTEMS;

CYBERNETICS;

EID: 2642553828     PISSN: 01969722     EISSN: 10876553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01969720490426849     Document Type: Article

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