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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Table of Contents:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.