From the kinetic theory of active particles to the modeling of social behaviors and politics

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 545-555

  Bellomo, Nicola ^a   Bertotti, Maria Letizia ^b   Delitala, Marcello ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active particles; Complexity; Kinetic theory; Nonlinearity; Social systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250806534     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-007-9073-7     Document Type: Article

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