Elucidating strategic network dynamics through computational modeling

Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 175-208

  Lin, Zhiang ^a   Kitts, James A ^b   Yang, Haibin ^c   Harrison, J Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; External events; Network dynamics; Partner relations; Resource dependence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIMENT; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; EXTERNAL EVENTS; EXTERNAL RESOURCES; NETWORK DYNAMICS; PARTNER RELATIONS; PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY; RESOURCE DEPENDENCES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; INDUSTRY;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

EID: 47649128129     PISSN: 1381298X     EISSN: 15729346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10588-008-9026-2     Document Type: Article

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