Toward next-generation, simulation-based computational tools for conflict and peace studies

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-60

  Yilmaz, Levent ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict and peace studies; Multisimulation; Problem solving environments; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846062051     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439306293820     Document Type: Article

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