Why society is a complex matter: Meeting twenty-first century challenges with a new kind of science

Why Society is a Complex Matter: Meeting Twenty-First Century Challenges with a New Kind of Science

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-60

  Ball, Philip ^a   Helbing, Dirk ^a  

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29000-8     Document Type: Book

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