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Subject: Fw: CEF'2001 (fwd)]
From: francois bousquet (bousquet@cirad.fr)
Date: lun déc 18 2000 - 21:36:36 CET
> owner-scelist@eco.utexas.edu wrote:
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> > Last Updated: 16 December 2000
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> > Call for Papers on
> > Agent-Based Computational Economics (ACE)
> >
> > Seventh International Conference
> >
> > Computing in Economics and Finance
> > Society for Computational Economics
> > Yale University New Haven, Connecticut, USA
> > June 28-30, 2001
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> > Papers on topics related to Agent-Based Computational Economics
(ACE) are
> > solicited for possible inclusion in one or more sessions of the
Seventh
> > International Conference on Computing in Economics and Finance
(CEF'2001)
> > sponsored by the Society for Computational Economics (SCE), to be
held at
> > Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, June 28-30, 2001.
> >
> > ACE is the computational study of economies modelled as evolving
systems of
> > autonomous interacting agents. One principal concern of ACE
researchers is
> > to understand why certain global regularities have been observed to
evolve
> > and persist in decentralized market economies despite the absence of
> > top-down planning and control: for example, trade networks, socially
> > accepted monies, and market protocols. The challenge is to explain
> > constructively how such global regularities might arise from the
bottom up,
> > through the repeated local interactions of autonomous agents acting
in
> > their own perceived self-interest. A second principal concern is to
use ACE
> > frameworks normatively, as computational laboratories within which
> > alternative socioeconomic structures can be studied and tested with
regard
> > to their effects on individual behavior and social welfare. This
normative
> > concern complements a descriptive concern with actually observed
global
> > regularities by seeking deeper possible explanations not only for
why
> > certain global regularities have been observed to evolve but also
why
> > others have not. Additional information about ACE can be obtained at
the
> > ACE Web site at
> >
> > http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/ace.htm
> >
> > Authors wishing to present a paper in the special ACE session(s) at
> > CEF'2001 are invited to submit an extended abstract (3-4 pages) or
copy of
> > their paper via the conference Web site at
> >
> > http://gemini.econ.yale.edu/conference/SCE2001/.
> >
> > The conference Web site will begin accepting submissions on January
1,
> > 2001, and will continue to accept submissions through March 1, 2001.
The
> > plan is to have a menu at this conference Web site that will permit
those
> > submitting abstracts/papers to indicate which conference program
member
> > should consider the submission. If you are interested in having your
> > submission considered for the ACE special session(s), please
indicate Leigh
> > Tesfatsion as the appropriate program committee member to consider
your
> > submission. The title page of each submission should give a complete
> > mailing address for each coauthor (surface mail address, email
address,
> > telephone number(s), and FAX number).
> >
> > Each submission for the CEF'2001 ACE special session(s) should
address a
> > clearly defined issue of economic interest from an agent-based
perspective.
> > Possible topics include (but are not limited to):
> >
> > * Building ACE worlds: Software availability, framework design,
> > graphical tools,...
> > * Agent representation: Evolvability, learning level/plasticity,
> > implementation issues,...
> > * Applications: Oligopolistic rivalry, electric power markets,
labor
> > markets, e-commerce, policy scenario studies,...
> > * Experimental design and data analysis: Design of experiments,
data
> > collection and reporting, statistical tools, testing and
validation
> > of hypotheses, robustness, replicability,...
> > * ACE Educational tools: Principles teaching, course software,
> > course organizational aids,... .
> >
> > If computational experiments are reported, the design for these
experiments
> > should be carefully laid out and explained and a statistical
analysis of
> > the findings should be given along with an economic interpretation.
If at
> > all possible, the software used to generate the experimental
findings
> > should be available either on a freely accessible Web site, by
request from
> > the author(s), or by other means in order to permit replication of
the
> > findings by other researchers. It is understood that proprietary
> > restrictions may prevent the full release of source code.
> >
> > If you have any questions about these guidelines, please contact
> >
> > Leigh Tesfatsion
> > SCE Contact Person for ACE Special Interest Group
> > Department of Economics
> > Iowa State University
> > Ames, Iowa 50011-1070
> > http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/
> > tesfatsi@iastate.edu
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
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> >
> >
> > Leigh Tesfatsion Department of Economics
> > Tel: (515) 294-0138 Iowa State University
> > FAX: (515) 294-0221 Ames, Iowa 50011-1070
> > tesfatsi@iastate.edu http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/
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