MASON RebeLand: An agent-based model of politics, environment, and insurgency

International Studies Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-52

  Cioffi Revilla, Claudio ^a   Rouleau, Mark ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; INNOVATION; MODELING; POLITICS; PREDICTION;

EID: 77949442408     PISSN: 15219488     EISSN: 14682486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2009.00911.x     Document Type: Article

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