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Mattila, E. (2006). Struggle Between Specificity and Generality: How Do Infectious Disease Models Become a Simulation Platform?. In: Lenhard, J., Küppers, G., Shinn, T. (eds) Simulation. Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5375-4_8
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