Agent-Based Simulation Models in Organization Science

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 227-242

  Fioretti, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

computational modeling; interactions; quantitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875042382     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428112470006     Document Type: Article

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