A Biased Review of Sociophysics

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 9-20

  Stauffer, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Citation statistics; Opinion dynamics; Schelling model; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875606684     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-012-0604-9     Document Type: Review

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