first announcement and call for papers

 

The Society for Computational Economics - Special Interest Group on Economic Dynamics and the CENTRE D'ECONOMIE ET DE FINANCES INTERNATIONALES (CEFI), University of Aix-Marseille II, are organizing a workshop on:

Complex behavior in economics:

modeling, computing, and mastering complexity

in Aix en Provence (Marseilles), France, May 4-6, 2000.

The workshop will cover, from an interrelated perspective, three main themes:

Theme 1: Aggregated models of economic behavior.

Theme 2: Disaggregated models of economic behavior and artificial societies.

Theme 3: Mastering complex problems in economics, finance, and management.

Possible topics (non exhaustive list):
  • Cycles and chaos in aggregated models

  • Agent-based economies: modeling, analysis, and economic implications

  • Internet economics, Electronic shopping, Internet agents

  • Modeling local behavior

  • Spatial economics

  • Artificial intelligence

  • Bayesian networks in economic decision-making, Numerical evaluation methods (prices of financial assets, ….)

  • New approaches for data analysis , Applications of data mining in finance and insurance

  • Local and global optimization

  • Control of chaotic systems, Forecasting, Learning in a complex environment

  • Methodological and epistemological implications of complexity

  • Complex behavior in dynamic games

 Papers presenting practical applications (e.g., in finance, marketing, insurance, electronic trading, etc.) are to be particularly welcomed.

Important dates: Abstract should be received by December 1 Very cheap and convenient accommodation will be available. Since the number of rooms is limited, RESERVE ACCOMMODATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Accommodation and fees: Conference fees: 900 Frs. before March 1st, 2000, 1200 Frs after that, lunches and coffee breaks included. Student fees: 500 Frs. with lunches, 300 without. Conference dinner 400 Frs — including boat trip on the Mediterranean, with visit of the unique "Calanques".

Further information is available on:

 http://sceco.univ-aix.fr/cefi/aix2000.htm

Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions concerning the workshop:

Prof. Christophe Deissenberg

CEFI, Château La Farge, Route des Milles

13290 Les Milles, France

Tel. + (33) 4 42 93 59 93, FAX + (33) 4 42 38 95 85

 deissenb@romarin.univ-aix.fr or cefi@univ-aix.fr put in the Subject: COMPLEXITY

The organizers: Christophe Deissenberg (Aix-Marseille II), Gustav Feichtinger (Vienna), Suresh P. Sethi (Dallas), Klaus-Peter Kistner (Bielefeld)