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Do Computer Simulations Include Digital Artifacts?

By: Claus Beisbart  
Open Access
|Nov 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/met.173 | Journal eISSN: 2515-8279
Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 7, 2024
Accepted on: Oct 9, 2024
Published on: Nov 7, 2024
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