Agent-based modeling and complexity

Agent-Based Models of Geographical Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 125-139

  Mason, Steven M ^a   Sun, Shiping ^a   Bonsal, Dudley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84891857066     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8927-4_7     Document Type: Chapter

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