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Research on loss absorption of financial group (bank network) -- The Mathematics of Human Contact -- Does it still matter in the new world where a refugee comes from? - Social network, Shocks, and Ethnicity - A multi-level analysis -- The Transferability of Human Capital, the Brain Drain, and the Brain Gain -- Evolution in Anonymous Population Games with Multiple Types -- Analysis of search actions on the Internet including the effect of blog and Twitter using Sociophysics approach -- Statistical analysis of a political demonstration using location-based big data -- Different Type of Interaction Plays a Role of Decision Error on Collective Behavior -- A financial network approach to unconventional monetary policy assessment - the case of Quantitative Easing in the euro area -- From Housing Locale Theory to Agent-Based Modeling Approach

Agent-based modelling in economics Lynne Hamill and Nigel Gilbert, Centre for Research in Social Simulation (CRESS), University of Surrey, UK New methods of economic modelling have been sought as a result of the global economic downturn in 2008. This unique book highlights the benefits of an agent-based modelling (ABM) approach. It demonstrates how ABM can easily handle complexity: heterogeneous people, households and firms interacting dynamically. Unlike traditional methods, ABM dus not require people or firms to optimise or economic systems to reach equilibrium. ABM offers a way to link micro foundations directly to the macro situation. Key features: -Introduces the concept of agent-based modelling and shows how it differs from existing approaches.-Provides a theoretical and methodological rationale for using ABM in economics, along with practical advice on how to design and create the models.-Each chapter starts with a short summary of the relevant economic theory and then shows how to apply ABM.-Explores both topics covered in basic economics textbooks and current important policy themes; unemployment, exchange rates, banking and environmental issues.-Describes the models in pseudocode, enabling the reader to develop programs in their chosen language.-Supported by a website featuring the NetLogo models described in the book. Agent-based Modelling in Economics provides students and researchers with the skills to design, implement, and analyze agent-based models. Third year undergraduate, master and doctoral students, faculty and professional economists will find this book an invaluable resource.

Aims to give a view of the scientific production in the fields of Agent-based Computational Economics, mainly in Market Finance and Game Theory. Based on communications given at AE'2005 (Lille, USTL, France), this book offers a panorama of advances in ACE, both theoretical and methodological that is of interest academics as well as practitioners

Most of the intriguing social phenomena of our time, such as international terrorism, social inequality, and urban ethnic segregation, are consequences of complex forms of agent interaction that are difficult to observe methodically and experimentally. This book looks at a new research stream that makes use of advanced computer simulation modelling techniques to spotlight agent interaction that allows us to explain the emergence of social patterns. It presents a method to pursue analytical sociology investigations that look at relevant social mechanisms in various empirical situations, such as markets, urban cities, and organisations

The primary goal of this book is to present the research findings and conclusions of physicists, economists, mathematicians and financial engineers working in the field of "Econophysics" who have undertaken agent-based modelling, comparison with empirical studies and related investigations. Most standard economic models assume the existence of the representative agent, who is "perfectly rational" and applies the utility maximization principle when taking action. One reason for this is the desire to keep models mathematically tractable: no tools are available to economists for solving non-linear models of heterogeneous adaptive agents without explicit optimization. In contrast, multi-agent models, which originated from statistical physics considerations, allow us to go beyond the prototype theories of traditional economics involving the representative agent. This book is based on the Econophys-Kolkata VII Workshop, at which many such modelling efforts were presented. In the book, leading researchers in their fields report on their latest work, consider recent developments and review the contemporary literature

Party competition for votes in free and fair elections involves complex interactions by multiple actors in political landscapes that are continuously evolving, yet classical theoretical approaches to the subject leave many important questions unanswered. Here Michael Laver and Ernest Sergenti offer the first comprehensive treatment of party competition using the computational techniques of agent-based modeling. This exciting new technology enables researchers to model competition between several different political parties for the support of voters with widely varying preferences on many different issues.