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1. Empiricism and Agent-Based Modelling

verfasst von : Alex Smajgl, Olivier Barreteau

Erschienen in: Empirical Agent-Based Modelling - Challenges and Solutions

Verlag: Springer New York

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Abstract

Agent-based modelling is losing its niche character and gaining wider recognition as a valuable methodology in empirical policy related situations. This growing recognition roots in the increasing demand for methods that allow integrating indicators from various disciplines across a broader systems perspective. Agent-based modelling gains its integrative strength from a combination of factors, in particular its ability

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Metadaten
Titel
Empiricism and Agent-Based Modelling
verfasst von
Alex Smajgl
Olivier Barreteau
Copyright-Jahr
2014
Verlag
Springer New York
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6134-0_1