The Economy As An Evolving Complex System

The Economy As An Evolving Complex System

by Philip W. Anderson
The Economy As An Evolving Complex System

The Economy As An Evolving Complex System

by Philip W. Anderson

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Overview

This book proceeds from a meeting at the Santa Fe Institute where economists and physical and biological scientists came together to discuss a conceptual framework incorporating a more appropriate mathematics with a greatly strengthened capacity to deal simultaneously with multiple variables, nonlinearity, incomplete information and dynamical processes.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780429972478
Publisher: CRC Press
Publication date: 03/12/2018
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 336
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

Philip W Anderson

Table of Contents

* Foreward P.W. Anderson, Kenneth J. Arrow, and David Pines * Introduction and Overview David Pines Lectures And Perspectives * Self-Reinforcing Mechanisms in Economics W. Brian Arthur * Neural Nets for Economists Eric B. Baum * Persistent Oscillations and Chaos in Economic Models: Notes for a Survey Michele Boldrin * Nonlinearity and Complex Dynamics in Economics and Finance William A. Brock * Can New Approaches to Nonlinear Modeling Improve Economic Forecasts? J. Doyne Farmer and John J. Sidorowich * The Global Economy as an Adaptive Process John H. Holland * The Evolution of Economic Webs Stuart A. Kauffman * Computation and Multiplicity of Economic Equilibria Timothy J. Kehoe * A Simple Model for Dynamics away from Attractors Norman Packard * Statistical Mechanics Approaches to Complex Optimization Problems Richard Palmer * Can Nonlinear Dynamics Help Economists? David Ruelle * Rational Expectations, Game Theory and Inflationary Inertia Mario Henrique Simonsen Working Group Summaries * Working Group A: Techniques and Webs J. Guenther, J. Holland, S. Kauffman, T. Kehoe, T. Sargent, and E. Singer * Working Group B: Economic Cycles K. Arrow, W. Brock D. Farmer, D. Pines, D. Ruelle, J. Scheinkman, M. Simonsen, and L. Summers * Working Group C: Patterns P.W. Anderson, W.B. Arthur, E. Baum, M. Boldrin, N. Packard, J. Scheinkman, and L. Summers Final Plenary Discussion * Final Plenary Discussion Richard Palmer Summaries And Perspectives * A Physicist Looks at Economics: An Overview of the Workshop P.W. Anderson * Workshop on the Economy as an Evolving Complex System: Summary Kenneth J. Arrow Research Papers * Learning-By-Doing, International Trade and Growth: A Note Michele Boldrin and Jose A. Sheinkman * Lyapunov Exponents for Stock Returns J.-P. Eckmann, S. Oliffson Kamphorst, D. Ruelle and J. Scheinkman
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