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N. Gilbert and K. G. Troitzch, Simulation for the Social Scientist

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  1. Repast Simphony has been released in December 2007, although in the present form it results hardly usable as teaching material. See http://repast.sourceforge.net/.

  2. http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk.

  3. Search performed on April 2008.

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    Mario Paolucci

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Paolucci, M. N. Gilbert and K. G. Troitzch, Simulation for the Social Scientist. J Manage Gov 12, 225–231 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-008-9052-y

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