Comparing an individual-based model of behaviour diffusion with its mean field aggregate approximation

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Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Edwards, Margaret ^a   Huet, Sylvie ^a   Goreaud, François ^a   Deffuant, Guillaume ^a  

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Author keywords

Aggregate; Individual based; Innovation Diffusion; Mean Field Approximation; Model Comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042601658     PISSN: 14607425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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