Thoughts on complexity and computational models

The SAGE Handbook of Complexity and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 93-112

  Prietula, Michael J ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Center   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446201084.n5     Document Type: Chapter

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