Action diversity in a simulation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 233-240

  Gonzalez, Cleotilde ^a   Kampf, Ronit ^b   Martin, Jolie M ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Action diversity; Conflict resolution; Dynamic decision making; Exploration; PeaceMaker

Indexed keywords

ACTION DIVERSITY; BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE; CONFLICT RESOLUTION; DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; DIVERSE RANGE; DYNAMIC DECISION MAKING; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GAME; PEACEMAKER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; USER INTERFACES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 80255126082     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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