Modeling contagion in policy systems

Cognitive Systems Research

Volumn 44, Issue , 2017, Pages 74-88

  Thomas, Herschel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Agent based modeling; Contagion; Issue attention; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

AGENDA SETTINGS; AGENT-BASED MODEL; CONTAGION; ISSUE ATTENTION; SIMULATION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 85018496886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13890417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2017.03.003     Document Type: Article

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