Ontology, a mediator for agent-based modeling in social science

JASSS

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Livet, Pierre ^a   Müller, Jean Pierre ^a   Phan, Denis ^a   Sanders, Lena ^a  

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Author keywords

Agent based computational economic; Agent based model of simulation; Knowledge framework; Model building; Model design; Ontological test; Ontology; Social simulation; Spatial simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349100317     PISSN: 14607425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18564/jasss.1538     Document Type: Article

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