Econophysics of Agent-Based Models (New Economic Windows) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3319000225 ISBN 13: 9783319000220

Publisher: Springer, 2013

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Anirban Chakraborti
UrRL: http://fiquant.mas.ecp.fr/chakraboa

Frédéric Abergel
1992 Habilitation à diriger des recherches, département de Mathématiques,
Université Paris XI
1986 PhD in Mathematics, Université Paris XI and École Normale
Supérieure
1981-1985 École Normale Supérieure

Bikas K. Chakrabarti
http://www.saha.ac.in/cmp/bikask.chakrabarti/bikas.html

From the Back Cover

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319000225
• ISBN 13: 9783319000220
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 310
• Editor: Abergel Frédéric, Aoyama Hideaki, Chakrabarti Bikas K., Chakraborti Anirban, Ghosh Asim