On the modelling and simulation of the competition for a secession under media influence by active particles methods and functional subsystems decomposition

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 710-728

  Ajmone Marsan, G ^a  

^a IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active particles; Behavioral economy; Functional subsystems; Media; Nonlinearity; Social dynamics

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; PROGRAMMING THEORY;

ACTIVE PARTICLES; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMY; FUNCTIONAL SUBSYSTEMS; MEDIA; NONLINEARITY; SOCIAL DYNAMICS;

FUNCTIONS;

EID: 58749095104     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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