Modeling micro-macro relationships: Problems and solutions

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Volumn 35, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 209-234

  Opp, Karl Dieter ^a,b  

^a Department of Sociology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective dynamics; Methodology; Rational choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551607620     PISSN: 0022250X     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022250X.2010.532257     Document Type: Article

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