On using the DomWorld model to evaluate dominance ranking methods

Behaviour

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 843-869

  De Vries, Han ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Dominance; Loser effect; Ranking method; Winner effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349145353     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853909X412241     Document Type: Article

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