Coordination in large numbers: An agent-based model of international negotiations

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 363-382

  Earnest, David C ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NATION STATE; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 44649139847     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2008.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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