Cellular automata based modeling of the formation and evolution of social networks a case in dentistry

ICEIS 2008 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn AIDSS, Issue , 2008, Pages 333-339

  Zimbres, Rubens A ^a   Brito, Eliane P Z ^a   De Oliveira, Pedro P B ^a  

^a MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Business network; Cellular automaton; Dentistry; Dynamics; Evolution; Social network

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; AGENT-BASED MODELING; BUSINESS NETWORK; BUSINESS NETWORKS; DYNAMIC ASPECTS; ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE; EVOLUTION PROCESS; LOCAL INFLUENCE; PARTNER SELECTION; RESEARCH AREAS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; STRUCTURAL HOLES;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATA THEORY; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; DENTISTRY; FLAME RESISTANCE; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; ROBOTS; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 55349138076     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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