1st Edition

Discovering Artificial Economics How Agents Learn And Economies Evolve

By David F. Batten Copyright 2000
    336 Pages
    by Routledge

    336 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book discusses and illustrates the emergent behavior produced due to cumulative pattern of interactions in a strongly interactive economy, reflecting the diversity of decisions taken by different economic agents. It takes a look at unexpected socioeconomic changes during the past millennium.

    1. Chance and Necessity 2. On the Road to Know-Ware 3. Sheep, Explorers, and Phase Transitions 4. The Ancient Art of Learning by Circulating 5. Networks, Boosters, and Self-Organized Cities 6. Traffic Near the Edge of Chaos 7. Coevolving Markets 8. Artificial Economics