Two visualization tools for analyzing agent-based simulations in political science

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-77

  Crouser, R Jordan ^a   Kee, Daniel ^a   Jeong, Dong ^b   Chang, Remco ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   (United States)

Author keywords

agent based simulation; computer graphics; graphics and multimedia; political science; visual analytics systems

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; AGENT-BASED MODELING; COMPLEX SIMULATION; DATA GENERATION; DOMAIN SPECIFIC; DRILL-DOWN; GRAPHICS AND MULTIMEDIA; HYPOTHESIS GENERATION; INTERACTIVE DATA EXPLORATION; KEY TECHNIQUES; POLITICAL SCIENCE; SOCIAL SCIENTISTS; SUPPORT ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION TOOLS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; VISUALIZATION;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84555204180     PISSN: 02721716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCG.2011.90     Document Type: Article

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