News Items for
Agent-Based Computational Economics (ACE)
December 2001


Prepared by:
Leigh Tesfatsion
Department of Economics
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011-1070
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/
tesfatsi@iastate.edu

ACE Web Site Home Page:
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/ace.htm

Appended below are news items that might be of interest to researchers interested in agent-based computational economics (ACE), the computational study of economies modelled as evolving systems of autonomous interacting agents.

ACE news items are posted at the ACE website in batched html-document form about once every two months during the regular academic year (September--May). Whenever a new posting is made, a brief announcement giving a pointer to this posting is emailed to all participants in a moderated announcements-only Majordomo ACE news list. If you would like to subscribe to (unsubscribe from) this announcements-only ACE news list, please send an email message to majordomo@iastate.edu with the following message in the email body:

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General Announcements

  • Leigh Tesfatsion, "Agent-Based Computational Economics: Growing Economies from the Bottom Up" (pdf,216K), Economics Working Paper No. 1, Iowa State University, December 2001.
    Abstract: This study outlines the main objectives and defining characteristics of agent-based computational economics (ACE), clarifying similiarities and distinctions between ACE and artificial life research. Eight ACE application areas are identified, and a number of publications in each area are highlighted for concrete illustration. Open questions and directions for future ACE research are also considered. The study concludes with a discussion of the potential benefits of the ACE approach, as well as some potential difficulties.

    Journal Announcements

    Note: Pointers to the journals listed below can be found on the journal and publisher information page linked to the ACE website home page.

    Book Announcements

    Note: The following book announcements have been incorporated into the annotated syllabus of ACE-related readings linked to the ACE website home page. Links to publishers (for ordering purposes) can be found on the journal and publisher information page linked to the ACE website home page.

    Software

    Note: Pointers to the following materials have been incorporated into the software page linked to the ACE website home page.

    Research Groups and Sites

    Note: Pointers to the following research groups and sites have been incorporated into the ACE-related research groups and sites page linked to the ACE website home page.

    Miscellaneous News Items

    Note: The following announcements have been incorporated into the Miscellaneous site linked to the ACE website home page.

    Reminder: Items Requested for ACE News Notes and Complexity

    Just a reminder that if you have any ACE-related news items, or any information about ACE-related teaching materials, software, books, journals, or conferences that you would like to have considered for inclusion in the ACE news notes, and/or the Complexity-at-Large section of the John Wiley journal Complexity, please email them to me (along with website information if available) at the following address: tesfatsi@iastate.edu

    Copyright © 2001 Leigh Tesfatsion. All Rights Reserved.