On agent-based modeling and computational social science

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Conte, Rosaria ^a   Paolucci, Mario ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

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EID: 84904740998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00668     Document Type: Article

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