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Handbook of research on nature-inspired computing for economics and management

"This book provides applications of nature inspired computing for economic theory and practice, finance and stock-market, manufacturing systems, marketing, e-commerce, e-auctions, multi-agent systems and bottom-up simulations for social sciences and operations management"--Provided by publ...

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Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Rennard Jean-Philippe.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2007.
Subjects:
Economics > Data processing.
Economics, Mathematical.
Management > Data processing.
Evolutionary computation.
Evolutionary programming (Computer science)
Algorithms
Economy: theory and practice
Evolutionary systems
Finance and stock-market
Forecasting
Manufacturing systems
Marketing, e-commerce, and e-auctions
Modeling
Multi-agent systems and bottom-up simulations for social sciences
Operations management
Software agents
Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
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245 0 0 |a Handbook of research on nature-inspired computing for economics and management  |c Jean-Philippe Rennard [editor].  |h [electronic resource] / 
246 3 0 |a Nature-inspired computing for economics and management. 
260 # # |a Hershey, Pa. :  |b IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA),  |c c2007. 
300 # # |a electronic texts (2 v. (xxxvi, 925, 17, 11 p.) : ill.) :  |b digital files. 
504 # # |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 # |a Vol. 1. Nature-Inspired Computing and Social Sciences -- Section 1. Nature-Inspired Computing -- 1. Artificiality in Social Sciences -- 2. Multi-Cellular Techniques -- 3. Stochastic Optimization Algorithms -- 4. Evolutionary Algorithms -- 5. Genetic Programming -- 6. Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization in Finance -- 
505 0 # |a Section 2. Social Modeling -- 7. Simulation in the Social Sciences -- 8. Multi-Agent Systems Research and Social Science Theory Building -- 9. A Dynamic Agent-Based Model of Corruption -- 10. Human Nature in the Adaptation of Trust -- 11. Cognitively Based Modeling of Scientific Productivity -- 12. Nature-Inspired Knowledge Mining Algorithms for Emergent Behaviour Discovery in Economic Models -- 13. The Grid for Nature-Inspired Computing and Complex Simulations -- 
505 0 # |a Section 3. Economics -- 14. Agent-Based Computational Economics -- 15. Data Gathering to Build and Validate Small-Scale Social Models for Simulation -- 16. Modeling Qualitative Development -- 17. Agent-Based Modeling with Boundedly Rational Agents -- 18. Heterogeneous Learning Using Genetic Algorithms -- 19. Modeling the Firm as an Artificial Neural Network -- 20. Evolutionary Modeling and Industrial Structure Emergence -- 21. Population Symbiotic Evolution in a Model of Industrial Districts -- 22. Competitive Advantage of Geographical Clusters -- 23. A Simulation of Strategic Bargainings within a Biotechnology Cluster -- 24. Knowledge Accumulation in Hayekian Market Process Theory -- 25. On Technological Specialization in Industrial Clusters -- 26. Simulating Product Invention Using InventSim -- 
505 0 # |a Vol. 2. Nature-Inspired Computing and Management -- Section 4. Design and Manufacturing -- 27. Human-Centric Evolutionary Systems in Design and Decision-Making -- 28. Genetic Algorithms for Organizational Design and Inspired by Organizational Theory -- 29. Autonomous Systems with Emergent Behavior -- 30. An Evolutionary Algorithm for Decisional Assistance to Project Management -- 31. How Genetic Algorithms Handle Pareto-Optimality in Design and Manufacturing -- 
505 0 # |a Section 5. Operations and Supply Chain Management -- 32. Evolutionary Optimization in Production Research -- 33. Ant Colony Optimization and Multiple Knapsack Problem -- 34. A New Way to Reorganize a Productive Department in Cells -- 35. Agent-Oriented Modeling and Simulation of Distributed Manufacturing -- 36. Application of RAP/AOR to the Modeling and Simulation of a Ceramics Factory -- 37. Building Distribution Networks Using Cooperating Agents -- 38. Games, Supply Chains, and Automatic Strategy Discovery Using Evolutionary Computation -- 39. Applications of Neural Networks in Supply Chain Management -- 40. An Object-Oriented Framework for Rapid Genetic Algorithm Development -- 41. Applications of JGA to Operations Management and Vehicle Routing -- 42. Solving Facility Location Problems with a Tool for Rapid Development of Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms (MOEAs) -- 43. Worker Performance Modeling in Manufacturing Systems Simulation -- 
505 0 # |a Section 6. Information Systems -- 44. Toward an Agent-Oriented Paradigm of Information Systems -- 45. Caste-Centric Development of Agent-Oriented Information Systems -- 46. Evolving Learning Ecologies -- 47. Efficient Searching in Peer-to-Peer Networks Using Agent-Enabled Ant Algorithms -- 
505 0 # |a Section 7. Commerce and Negotiation -- 48. An Annealing Protocol for Negotiating Complex Contracts -- 49. Agents for Multi-Issue Negotiation -- 50. An Introduction of Evolutionary Computation in Auctions -- 51. Virtual Organization Support through Electronic Institutions and Normative Multi-Agent Systems -- 
505 0 # |a Section 8. Marketing -- 52. Co-Evolving Better Strategies in Oligopolistic Price Wars -- 53. Social Anti-Percolation and Negative Word of Mouth -- 54. Complexity-Based Modelling Approaches for Commercial Applications -- 
505 0 # |a Section 9. Finance -- 55. Genetic Programming for Spatiotemporal Forecasting of Housing Prices -- 56. Multiattribute Methodologies in Financial Decision Aid -- 57. Multi-Objective Optimization Evolutionary Algorithms in Insurance-Linked Derivatives -- 58. Modeling an Artificial Stock Market. 
506 # # |a Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers. 
520 3 # |a "This book provides applications of nature inspired computing for economic theory and practice, finance and stock-market, manufacturing systems, marketing, e-commerce, e-auctions, multi-agent systems and bottom-up simulations for social sciences and operations management"--Provided by publisher. 
530 # # |a Also available in print. 
538 # # |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
650 # 0 |a Economics  |x Data processing. 
650 # 0 |a Economics, Mathematical. 
650 # 0 |a Management  |x Data processing. 
650 # 0 |a Evolutionary computation. 
650 # 0 |a Evolutionary programming (Computer science) 
653 # # |a Algorithms 
653 # # |a Economy: theory and practice 
653 # # |a Evolutionary systems 
653 # # |a Finance and stock-market 
653 # # |a Forecasting 
653 # # |a Manufacturing systems 
653 # # |a Marketing, e-commerce, and e-auctions 
653 # # |a Modeling 
653 # # |a Multi-agent systems and bottom-up simulations for social sciences 
653 # # |a Operations management 
653 # # |a Software agents 
700 1 # |a Rennard Jean-Philippe. 
710 2 # |a IGI Global. 
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