Exploring feedback and endogeneity in agent-based models

Proceedings of the 2013 Winter Simulation Conference - Simulation: Making Decisions in a Complex World, WSC 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1637-1648

  Martinez Moyano, Ignacio J ^a   Macal, Charles M ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84894108057     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2013.6721546     Document Type: Conference Paper

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