Generative Social Science: Studies in Agent-Based Computational Modeling
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Agent-based computational models and generative social science
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ecological Anthropology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1528-6509,2162-4593
DOI: 10.5038/2162-4593.11.1.8