A call for complexity: integrated models to solve complex policy problems

Mind and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 259-271

  Johnson, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ABM; Complexity; Network analysis; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945451891     PISSN: 15937879     EISSN: 18601839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11299-015-0178-8     Document Type: Article

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