COMPUTABLE ECONOMICS C

Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-19-829527-3
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 436 g

In the field of economic analysis, computability in the formation of economic hypotheses is seen as the way forward. In this book, Professor Velupillai implements a theoretical research program along these lines. Choice theory, learning rational expectations equlibria, the persistence of adaptive behaviour, arithmetical games, aspects of production theory, and economic dynamics are given recursion theoretic (i.e. computable) interpretations. These interpretations lead to new kinds of questions being posed by the economic theorist. In particular, recurison theoretic decision problems replace standard optimisation paradigms in economic analysis. Economic theoretic questions, posed recursion-theoretically, lead to answers that are ambiguous: undecidable choices, uncomputable learning processes, and algorithmically unplayable games become standard answers. Professor Velupillai argues that a recursion theoretic formalisation of economic analysisComputable Economicsmakes the subject intrinsically inductive and computational.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Velupillai

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Computeranwendungen in der Mathematik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Mathematik für Informatiker
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Angewandte Mathematik, Mathematische Modelle
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Logik, formale Sprachen, Automaten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Introduction and Outline

- 2: Computable Economics: Pioneers and Precursors

- 3: Computable Rationality

- 4: Adaptive Behaviour

- 5: The Modern Theory of Induction

- 6: Learning in a Computable Setting

- 7: Effective Playability in Arithmetical Games

- 8: Notes on Computational Complexity

- 9: Explorations in Computable Economics

- 10: Concluding Reflections

- Appendix: A Child's Guide to Computability

Über Autor(innen)

Kumaraswamy Velupillai, University of Trento and Madras School of Economics