Commerce, Complexity, and Evolution
Topics in Economics, Finance, Marketing, and Management: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium in Economic Theory and Econometrics
Hermann Schnabl editor William A Barnett editor Robert Marks editor Carl Chiarella editor Steve Keen editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:30th Oct '08
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Evolutionary approach to systems from the entire economy to the behaviour of single markets.
A significant contribution to the paradigm which acknowledges that commercial systems are evolutionary, and must be analysed using evolutionary tools. This volume considers systems from the entire economy to the behaviour of single markets. Topics include: debt-deflation, stock management, consumer interactions, and nonlinear methods to profit from market volatility.Commerce, Complexity, and Evolution is a significant contribution to the paradigm - straddling economics, finance, marketing, and management - which acknowledges that commercial systems are evolutionary, and must therefore be analysed using evolutionary tools. Evolutionary systems display complicated behaviours which are to a significant degree generated endogenously, rather than being solely the product of exogenous shocks, hence the conjunction of complexity with evolution. This volume considers a wide range of systems, from the entire economy at one extreme to the behaviour of single markets at the other. The papers are united by methodologies which at their core are evolutionary, though the techniques cover a wide range, from philosophical discourse to differential equations, genetic algorithms, multi-agent simulations and cellular automata. Issues considered include the dynamics of debt-deflation, stock management in a complex environment, interactions between consumers and its effect upon market behaviour, and nonlinear methods to profit from financial market volatility.
ISBN: 9780521088213
Dimensions: 226mm x 151mm x 24mm
Weight: 620g
424 pages