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- Humphreys, P.
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- University of Virginia (US)
- Corresponding author
- Humphreys, Paul
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- Synthese
- Published
- 2008-11-28
- Volume
- 169
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 615-626
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- 0039-7857 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-0964
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- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation
- Keywords
- computer simulation, scientific computing, scientific method, philosophy of science, epistemology of simulation
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