Simulation-based problem-solving environments for conflict studies

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 534-556

  Yilmaz, Levent ^a   Ören, Tuncer I ^b   Ghasem Aghaee, Nasser ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agents; Conflict theory; Gaming; Multimodels; Multisimulation; Simulation methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750720597     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878106292537     Document Type: Conference Paper

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