Commerce, Complexity & Evolution proceedings volume

For more information, please contact: r.marks(a)unsw.edu.au OR bobm(a)agsm.unsw.edu.au == Forwarded Mail == Subject: Commerce, Complexity & Evolution proceedings volume To: NONLIN-L(a)LIST.NIH.GOV Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 126 Commerce, Complexity and Evolution Macauley Theatre, Quadrangle Building University of New South Wales February 12th-13th 1996 ---------------------------------- Limited number of Proceedings Volumes now available for purchase ---------------------------------- Complexity, or "Chaos Theory", has had a significant impact on the physical sciences, while evolutionary analysis has spread its influence from biology to many fields of endeavour. Recently, researchers in the disciplines of economics, finance and marketing have begun to apply these concepts, frequently generating results which are at odds with those derived from traditional, "linear" methods. This conference enabled leading researchers from the academic and business communities of Australia, Japan and Europe to present their findings. The 25 formal papers covered a large range of topics, ranging from philosophical considerations, through nonlinear mathematical models of firms and the economy, to the application of "evolutionary" computer techniques to attempt to predict the course of the stock exchange. The papers for the conference were supplied to attendees in a 2 volume set, totalling over 550 pages. Approxim ately 20 copies of the set remain, and these are now available for $A25 for Australian purchasers, and $US35 for overseas purchasers (the difference covers the cost of surface mail postage). The contents are as follows: 1. The_Cobweb_Model 1.1 Ergodic cobweb chaos, Akio Matsumoto 1.2 Computer simulations of the cobweb model using a genetic algorithm, Janice Gaffney, Krystyna Parrott & Franz Salzborn 1.3 Convergence of genetic algorithms applied to the cobweb model, Charles Pearce 2. Complexity_&_Economics 2.1 The role of innovation within economics, Russell Standish 2.2 Complex adaptive human systems in a boundedly rational environment - the economy as a collection of IGUSes, Bertin Martens 2.3 Economic organisms and application of topology and graph theory in economics, Xiaokai Yang & Yeong-nan Yeh 3. Finance_&_Simulation 3.1 A hybrid non-parametric approach to the intraday pricing of options on futures using implied volatility, Paul Lajbcygier, Andrew Flitman & Marimuthu Palaniswami 3.2 A genetic programming-based approach to generation of foreign exchange trading models, Andrew Colin 3.3 Evaluating planning vs. reacting in trading strategies using a complex systems simulation, Robert J ohnston & John Betts 4. Mathematical_Modelling 4.1 Some policy experiments in a complete Keynesian model of monetary growth with sluggish price and quantity adjustments, Carl Chiarella & Peter Flaschel 4.2 Economic instability in single and multi-sectoral models with finance, Steve Keen 4.3 Stochastic volatility in interest rates and nonlinearity in velocity, Haiyang Xu & Bill Barnett 5. Measurement 5.1 Evolutionary patterns of multisectoral growth dynamics, Hermann Schnabl 5.2 Detecting evolutionary change in an augmented logistic diffusion econometric model using time-varying spectral methods, John Foster & Phillip Wild 6. Methodology 6.1 Uncertainty, risk and chaos, James Juniper 6.2 Network externalities, compatibility, standardisation, and locking 6.3 Universal Darwinism and social research, the case of economics, John Nightingale 7. Genetic_Algorithms 7.1 The application of cellular automata to economies with network externalities: A generalisation of life game, Sobei Oda, Ken Muira, Yasunori Baba & Kanji Ueda 7.2 Genetic_algorithms_and_evolutionary_games, Xin Yao 7.3 Evolved perception and behaviour in oligopolies, Bob Marks 8. Equilibrium_Methods 8.1 Why do people buy PC - a case of knowledge-intensive goods, He-Ling Shi 8.2 Engendering_change, Joshua Gans 9. Business_&_Complexity 9.1 From chaos to complexity in strategic planning, Steven Phelan 9.2 International_business_and_economic_growth, Eduardo Pol 9.3 The origins and evolution of the machine tool industry, George Argyrous -- To order a copy, please send a note and cheque or money or der to: Robert MARKS, Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia Phone/Fax: +61-2-9931-9271 (W), +61-2-818-5618 (H), +61-2-662-2451 (Fax) +61-63-552752 (weekends) Internet: r.marks(a)unsw.edu.au OR bobm(a)agsm.unsw.edu.au WWW: http://www.agsm.unsw.edu.au/~bobm =========================================================================