Modeling cultural dynamics

AAAI Fall Symposium - Technical Report

Volumn FS-08-01, Issue , 2008, Pages 18-25

  Gabora, Liane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS;

COMPUTER MODELING; CULTURAL DYNAMICS; INTERNAL MODELS; POPULATION SIZES;

HEALTH;

EID: 65649113590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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