A pragmatic reading of Friedman's methodological essay and what it tells us for the discussion of ABMs

JASSS

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Deichsel, Simon ^a   Pyka, Andreas ^a  

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Agent Based Modelling; Assumptions; Calibration; Methodology

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EID: 70350632625     PISSN: 14607425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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