Why sociology should use agent based modelling

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 31-41

  Chattoe Brown, Edmund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Complexity; Residential segregation; Schelling model; Structuration; Theory building

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884235556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.3055     Document Type: Article

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