A mathematical model of the pressure of an extreme ideology on a society

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 836-846

  Santonja, Francisco J ^a   Tarazona, Ana C ^a   Villanueva, Rafael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiological model; Extreme ideologies; Simulations; Transmission dynamics

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ELSEVIER (CO); EVOLUTION (CO); GENERAL ELECTIONS; MODEL PARAMETERS; POLITICAL GOALS; POLITICAL PARTIES; SMALL GROUPS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 45449086456     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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