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Names: Manzo, Gianluca, author.
Title: Agent-based models and causal inference / Gianluca Manzo.
Description: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2022. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021032403 (print) | LCCN 2021032404 (ebook) | ISBN
9781119704478 (hardback) | ISBN 9781119704454 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119704461
(epub) | ISBN 9781119704492 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Qualitative research--Methodology. | Social
sciences--Methodology. | Multiagent systems. | Causation. | Inference. |
Probabilities. | Multivariate analysis.
Classification: LCC H62 .M23596 2022 (print) | LCC H62 (ebook) | DDC
300.72/1--dc23
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