Towards Bayesian Model-Based Demography Agency, Complexity and Uncertainty in Migration Studies /

This open access book presents a ground-breaking approach to developing micro-foundations for demography and migration studies. It offers a unique and novel methodology for creating empirically grounded agent-based models of international migration - one of the most uncertain population processes an...

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Main Author: Bijak, Jakub (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
Edition:1st ed. 2022.
Series:Methodos Series, Methodological Prospects in the Social Sciences, 17
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