A data-driven approach for agent-based modeling: Simulating the dynamics of family formation

JASSS

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sajjad, Mazhar ^a   Singh, Karandeep ^a   Paik, Euihyun ^b   Ahn, Chang Won ^a  

^a University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^b Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agent Based model; Data Driven; Family formation; Socioeeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956879404     PISSN: 14607425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18564/jasss.2988     Document Type: Article

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