The conundrum of verification and validation of social science-based models

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages 878-887

  Hahn, Heidi Ann ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Social science based models; Verification and validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898712701     PISSN: 18770509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2013.01.092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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