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... mathematics ; but one can get some sort of a general imaginative picture of the situation , if one is willing to use a little imagination , and does not demand too much logical precision . Everyone knows that one of the standard ...
... mathematics ; but one can get some sort of a general imaginative picture of the situation , if one is willing to use a little imagination , and does not demand too much logical precision . Everyone knows that one of the standard ...
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... mathematical models . Of course measurements of demand for some facility are dependent upon variables such as human preferences and the oddities of individual behaviour . Mathematical models and computer simulations of human behaviour ...
... mathematical models . Of course measurements of demand for some facility are dependent upon variables such as human preferences and the oddities of individual behaviour . Mathematical models and computer simulations of human behaviour ...
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... mathematical analysis . This is , however , not particularly relevant to our purposes here . Gaming - Simulation Whereas a mathematical model represented a situation in terms of equa- tions suitable for manipulation by a computer , a ...
... mathematical analysis . This is , however , not particularly relevant to our purposes here . Gaming - Simulation Whereas a mathematical model represented a situation in terms of equa- tions suitable for manipulation by a computer , a ...
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