The explanatory potential of artificial societies

Synthese

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 539-555

  Grüne Yanoff, Till ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agent based simulations; Complex systems; Explanation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650474822     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-008-9429-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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