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    There is an extensive handbook on this (Tesfatsion and Judd 2006).

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Edmonds, B., Meyer, R. (2013). Introduction to the Handbook. In: Edmonds, B., Meyer, R. (eds) Simulating Social Complexity. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-93813-2_1

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