From Complexity to Agent Modelling and Back Again - Bruce Edmonds

Contents

Contents

1 - What is Complexity?

1.1 - "Complexity" in economics

1.2 - The "Sciences of Complexity"

1.3 - Complexity per se

2 - The effects of complexity on modelling by agents

2.1 - Ideal rationality and perfect information

2.2 - Ideal rationality and noisy information

2.3 - Ideal rationality and inadequate information

2.4 - Bounded rationality and inadequate information

3 - The effects of modelling by agents on complexity

3.1 - Ignoring the process of modelling by economic agents

3.2 - Including the process of modelling by economic agents

4 - Towards dealing with the complexity of modelling agents - modelling modelling

4.1 - The Form - meaning distinction

4.2 - The complexity, specificity, error trade-off

4.3 - The modelling language

4.4 - Processes of model development

5 - Some future directions for economic modelling

5.1 - Applying our model of modelling to ourselves

5.2 - Relatively new (non-numerical) techniques

6 - Conclusion - complexity again

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