Decision-Making in Agent-Based Models of Migration: State of the Art and Challenges

European Journal of Population

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 73-97

  Klabunde, Anna ^a   Willekens, Frans ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ABM; Agent based model; Choice theory; Decision making; Microsimulation; Migration; Review

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MODELING; SOCIAL NETWORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84958231915     PISSN: 01686577     EISSN: 15729885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10680-015-9362-0     Document Type: Article

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