Agent-Based Modeling of Social Conflict From Mechanisms to Complex Behavior /

This Brief revisits and extends Epstein's classical agent-based model of civil violence by considering important mechanisms suggested by social conflict theories. Among them are: relative deprivation as generator of hardship, generalized vanishing of the risk perception ('massive fear loss...

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Hlavní autor: Lemos, Carlos M. (Autor)
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Vydání:1st ed. 2018.
Edice:SpringerBriefs in Complexity,
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ISBN:9783319670508
ISSN:2191-5326
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