Simulating political stability and change in the Netherlands (1998-2002): An agent-based model of party competition with media effects empirically tested

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Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Muis, Jasper ^a  

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Author keywords

Agent based model; Empirical validation; Mass media; Voting behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950343905     PISSN: 14607425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18564/jasss.1482     Document Type: Article

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