Radicalization under deep uncertainty: A multi-model exploration of activism, extremism, and terrorism

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 1-28

  Pruyt, Erik ^a   Kwakkel, Jan H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84905730924     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: 10991727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.1510     Document Type: Article

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