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 1st, 1999 (preferably, electronic submission)
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://www.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)