Constructivist logic and emergent evolution in economic complexity

Computable Constructive and Behavioural Economic Dynamics: Essays in Honour of Kumaraswamy (Vela) Velupillai

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 184-197

  Rosser, J Barkley ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203860144     Document Type: Chapter

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