Modelling opinion formation with physics tools: Call for closer link with reality

JASSS

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Sobkowicz, Pawel ^a  

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Author keywords

Agent based social simulation; Conditions of Application; Evidence; Methodology; Qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 62549164249     PISSN: 14607425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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