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From the Margin to the Mainstream: An Agenda for Computer Simulations in the Social Sciences

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Simulating Social Phenomena

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In this paper we outline a specific and practical agenda to move computer simulation from the margin into the mainstream of social science research.

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  1. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Erhard Bruderer & Martin Maiers

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  1. Erhard Bruderer
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  1. Institute of Psychology, CNR, V.le Marx 15, I-00137, Rome, Italy

    Rosaria Conte

  2. Department of Philosophy, University of Bayreuth, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 3, D-95445, Bayreuth, Germany

    Rainer Hegselmann

  3. Department of Economics, University of Turin, C.so Unione Sovietica 218bis, I-10134, Turin, Italy

    Pietro Terna

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Bruderer, E., Maiers, M. (1997). From the Margin to the Mainstream: An Agenda for Computer Simulations in the Social Sciences. In: Conte, R., Hegselmann, R., Terna, P. (eds) Simulating Social Phenomena. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 456. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03366-1_6

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