Computational ecology: Graphs, networks and agent-based modeling

Computational Ecology: Graphs, Networks and Agent-Based Modeling

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-369

  Zhang, Wen Jun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; ECOLOGY; TEACHING;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; JAVA CODES; MATHEMATICAL DETAILS; STAND-ALONE SOFTWARE; UNIVERSITY TEACHERS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 85032068567     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/8118     Document Type: Book

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