Are rational actor models “rational” outside small worlds?

Evolution and Rationality: Decisions, Co-Operation and Strategic Behaviour

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 84-109

  Brighton, Henry ^a   Gigerenzer, Gerd ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

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EID: 84891904205     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511792601.006     Document Type: Chapter

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