Computational Economics: A Perspective from Computational Intelligence - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1591406501 ISBN 13: 9781591406501

Publisher: Igi Global, 2005

Synopsis

"This book identifies the economic as well as financial problems that may be solved efficiently with computational methods and explains why those problems should best be solved with computational methods"--Provided by publisher.

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About the Author

Dr. Shu-Heng Chen is a professor in the Department of Economics of the National Chengchi University. He now serves as the Director of the AI-ECON Research Center, National Chengchi University, the editor- in-chief of the journal of New Mathematics and Natural Compution (World Scientific), the associate editor of the journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Management and Economics. Dr. Chen holds a M.A. degree in mathematics and a Ph. D. in Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles. He has more than 150 publications in international journals, edited volumes and conference proceedings. He has been invited to give keynote speeches and plenary talks on many international conferences. His research interests are mainly on the applications of computational intelligence to the agent-based computational economics and finance. Lakhmi C. Jain, M.E., Ph.D., is Director/Founder of the Knowledge-Based Intelligent Engineering Systems (KES) Centre, located in the Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment. He is a fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia. He has initiated a postgraduate stream by research in the Knowledge-Based Intelligent Engineering systems area. Dr. Jain was the Technical Chair of the ETD2000 International Conference in 1995 and Publications Chair of the Australian and New Zealand Conference on Intelligent Information Systems in 1996.He also initiated the first International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Electronic Systems in 1997.This is now an annual event. His interests focus on the use of novel techniques such as knowledge-based systems, artificial neural networks, fuzzy systems, and genetic algorithms and the application of these techniques. Chung-Ching Tai is currently a Ph.D. student in Department of Economics, National Chengchi University in Taiwan. He is currently a member of AI-ECON research center. He finished his master thesis in 2001. His research interests are agent-based modeling, double auction markets, and experimental economics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Igi Global
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1591406501
• ISBN 13: 9781591406501
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 318
• Editor: Chen Shu-Heng, Jain Lakhmi, Tai Chung-ching