Chapter 33 Agent-based Modeling as a Bridge Between Disciplines

Handbook of Computational Economics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1565-1584

  Axelrod, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

agent based models; evolutionary biology; interdisciplinary research; prisoner's dilemma

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EID: 34848900354     PISSN: 15740021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0021(05)02033-2     Document Type: Review

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