Mechanistic models in computational social science
Quantitative social science is not only about regression analysis or, in general, data inference. Computer simulations of social mechanisms have an over 60 years long history. They have been used for many different purposes—to test scenarios, to test the consistency of descriptive theories (proof-of...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-09-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Physics |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphy.2015.00078/full |