A structural approach to the representation of life history data

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-124

  Butts, Carter T ^a   Pixley, Joy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data representation; Interval graphs; Life course; Life history data; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042652959     PISSN: 0022250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222500490448208     Document Type: Article

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