Title Party competition : an agent-based model / Michael Laver and Ernest Sergenti.

Publication Info.	Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2012]
	©2012

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 278 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Princeton studies in complexity
	Princeton studies in complexity.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-273) and index.
Contents	pt. 1. Preliminaries -- pt. 2. The basic model -- pt. 3. Extensions and empirics.
Summary	Party competition for votes in free and fair elections involves complex interactions by multiple actors in political landscapes that are continuously evolving, yet classical theoretical approaches to the subject leave many important questions unanswered. Here Michael Laver and Ernest Sergenti offer the first comprehensive treatment of party competition using the computational techniques of agent-based modeling. This exciting new technology enables researchers to model competition between several different political parties for the support of voters with widely varying preferences on many diffe.
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Subject	Political parties.
	Political parties.
	Competition -- Political aspects -- Simulation methods.
	Competition.
	Simulation methods.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Sergenti, Ernest.
Other Form:	Print version: Laver, Michael, 1949- Party competition. Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, ©2012 9780691139036 (DLC) 2011005333 (OCoLC)702357825
ISBN	9781400840328 (electronic book)
	1400840325 (electronic book)
	1283246201
	9781283246200
	9780691139036
	0691139032
	9780691139043
	0691139040

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