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Michael W. Macy: Social Order in Artificial Worlds

Stumbleupon Review of : http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/1/1/4.html Abstract How does social order emerge among autonomous but interdependent agents? The expectation of future interaction may explain cooperation based on rational foresight, but the “shadow of the future” offers little leverage on the problem … Continue reading

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Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www-abc.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/shtmus/ How can anyone be rational in a world where knowledge is limited, time is pressing, and deep thought is often an unattainable luxury? In our book, “Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart,” we invite readers … Continue reading

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Self-Organizing Systems FAQ for Usenet newsgroup comp.theory.self-org-sys

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.calresco.org/sos/sosfaq.htm The Science of Self-Organizing Systems The scientific study of self-organizing systems is relatively new, although questions about how organization arises have of course been raised since ancient times. The forms we identify around us are … Continue reading

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Agent-Based Computational Economics (Tesfatsion)

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/ace.htm Agent-based computational economics (ACE) is the computational study of economic processes modeled as dynamic systems of interacting agents. Here “agent” refers broadly to a bundle of data and behavioral methods representing an entity constituting part … Continue reading

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