Models of Simon
By K. Vela Velupillai
To Be Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge – 256 pages
Series: Routledge Advances in Experimental and Computable Economics
To Be Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge – 256 pages
Series: Routledge Advances in Experimental and Computable Economics
When Herbert Simon died in 2000, he left behind a hugely impressive legacy. This new book from one of the world's leading experts on Simon will be of great interest to the modern economist.
1. Introduction 2. Computability, Constructivity and Complexity in Economics: An Overview 3. Rationality, Computability and Complexity 4. Non-Maximum, Disequilibrium Macrodynamics 5. Undecidability, Computation Universality and Minimality in Economic Dynamics 6. Effectivity and Constructivity in Economic Theory 7. Constructivity, Computability and Computers in Economic Theory: Some Cautionary Notes 8. Economic Dynamics and Computation: Resurrecting the Icarus Tradition 9. Perplexed in the Tangled Roots of the Busy Beavers Ways 10. Rational Expectations Equilibria: A Recursion Theoretic Tutorial