Wealth adjustment in an artificial society, based on a sugarscape model using one fifth of the wealth variable

Iranian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-40

  Rahman, A ^a,b   Setayeshi, S ^c   Shamsaei Zafargandi, M ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artificial society; Social simulation; Sugarscape model; Wealth adjustment

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SOCIETIES; GINI COEFFICIENTS; HIGH RATE; MORTALITY RATE; SOCIAL INEQUALITIES; SOCIAL SIMULATION; SOCIAL SIMULATIONS; WEALTH DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 76949097686     PISSN: 16820053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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