A taxonomy of inference in simulation models

Computational Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-244

  Brenner, Thomas ^a   Werker, Claudia ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Empirical data; Methodology; Simulation models; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748912335     PISSN: 09277099     EISSN: 15729974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10614-007-9102-6     Document Type: Article

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