Bruce Edmonds, Nigel Gilbert, Petra Ahrweiler and Andrea Scharnhorst (2011)
Simulating the Social Processes of Science
Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 14 (4) 14
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Received: 08-Jul-2011 Accepted: 20-Jul-2011 Published: 31-Oct-2011
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