Population heterogeneity and individual differences in an assortative agent-based Marriage and Divorce Model (MADAM) using search with relaxing expectations

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Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Hills, Thomas ^a   Todd, Peter ^a  

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Author keywords

Foraging; Homophily; Mate choice; Mate search

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849120813     PISSN: 14607425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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