Balancing the criticisms: Validating multi-agent models of social systems

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory - Tập 16 Số 2 - Trang 242-256 - 2008
Marcus A. Louie1, Kathleen M. Carley2
1Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Center for the Computational Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
2Computation, Organizations and Society, Institute for Software Research International, Center for the Computational Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA

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