Construct validity and theoretical embeddedness of agent-based models of normative behaviour

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 67-79

  Xenitidou, Maria ^a   Elsenbroich, Corinna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Construct validity; Normative behaviour; Norms; Social psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051483026     PISSN: 18331882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18848/1833-1882/cgp/v05i04/51662     Document Type: Article

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