Download or read book Agent-based Approaches in Economic and Social Complex Systems written by Akira Namatame and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the field of artificial intelligence and features in-depth coverage of important theoretical areas including computational organization, computational economics, computational approaches in social science, and game theory. The conception of the multi-agent system is particularly attractive, as it promises autonomy based on the conceptual speciality of a rational agent as well as collective behaviour through interactions.