Formal models, social theory and computer simulations: Some methodical reflections

JASSS

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Klüver, Jürgen ^a   Stoica, Christina ^a   Schmid, Jörn ^a  

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Author keywords

Computational Sociology; Formal Models; Mathematical Sociology; Methodical Foundations

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EID: 3042645698     PISSN: 14607425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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