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Decision Theoretical Specification of the Transition Rates

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The abstract mathematical formulation developed in Part I of this book obtains a physical, chemical, biological, or sociological meaning only after the transition rates have been concretely determined.

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    Prof. Dr. Dirk Helbing (Chair of Sociology, in particular of Modeling and Simulation)

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Helbing, D. (2010). Decision Theoretical Specification of the Transition Rates. In: Quantitative Sociodynamics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11546-2_9

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