From agents to outcomes: Simulation in international relations

European Journal of International Relations

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 367-394

  Pepinsky, Thomas B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemology; IR theory; Realism; Research design; Simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444511063     PISSN: 13540661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354066105055484     Document Type: Review

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