Individual behavior and macro social properties. An agent-based model

Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 156-174

  Boero, Riccardo ^a   Castellani, Marco ^b   Squazzoni, Flaminio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Behavioral heuristics; Social patterns; Socio cognitive properties

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; BEHAVIORAL HEURISTICS; COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURES; COGNITIVE PROPERTIES; COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE; COORDINATION PROBLEMS; SOCIAL PATTERNS; SOCIO-COGNITIVE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 41349105683     PISSN: 1381298X     EISSN: 15729346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10588-008-9025-3     Document Type: Article

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