WORKSHOP - WEHIA 2002

["Antonio PALESTRINI" <antoniop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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WORKSHOP ON ECONOMICS AND HETEROGENEOUS
INTERACTING AGENTS

30 May - 1 June 2002

Miramare - Trieste, Italy

The seventh Workshop on Economics and Heterogeneous
Interacting Agents will be held at the Abdus Salam International
Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.  It will be directed by
Mauro GALLEGATI (University of Ancona, Italy), Alan KIRMAN
(University of Marseille III, France) and
Matteo MARSILI (INFM-SISSA, Trieste, Italy), also acting as Local
Organizer.
The economy is more and more frequently regarded as a complex
system of interacting agents.  Recent developments of this
approach have focused on
three main issues:i)  The heterogeneity of agents in the economy:
The representative agent model, while elegant, versatile and widely
accepted, is unrealistic and does not capture the variety in
economicbehaviour.
ii) The ways in which agents interact:
Powerful results have been derived for market-mediated economic
interactions or for strategic interactions in game-theoretic settings
with few agents. Many socio-economic issues call for intermediate
approaches where
economic interactions are non-market, non-strategic and
distributed (in space-time).  Actually, the network of socio-
economic interaction and its dynamics
has become a subject of interest in its own.
iii) The dynamic process which governs the evolution of the
individual: The classical model where individual behaviour arises as
the optimal contingent plan
of actions of a deductive rational, perfectly informed utility
maximizer agent, is more and more frequently replaced by models
where agents learn and adapt to their economic environment. This
raises the issue of understanding the collective dynamical
properties of systems of
boundedly (inductively) rational interacting agents.  This Workshop
offers a forum for presentation and discussion of the latest results
on theseissues.

WORKSHOP TOPICS INCLUDE:Interacting agents:General
Considerations;
Aggregation of Heterogeneous Agents;The Analysis of
Cooperation; Bounded
Rationality;Interacting Particle Systems and Economics;
Percolation Theory
and Economics;Learning in Economics;Evolutionary Game Theory;
Computational Methods in Economics;Market Structure and its
Emergence;
Economic Graphs and Network Analysis;Non-linear Econometrics.


CALL FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPERS:

The Programme Committee invites the submission of  contributions
for oral and poster presentations.  Those interested are encouraged
to send a one-page abstract of your talk/poster,  along with the
registration form, no later than 31 JANUARY 2002.  An electronic
version of the one-page abstract, should also be sent (in RTF or
PostScript format) to smr1409@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  Acceptance of a
contribution for oral or poster
presentation will be notified as soon as possible.  The final version
of the accepted papers is required by 30 April 2002 and will be
made available on the
web page of the Workshop.


KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

J.-P. BOUCHAUD(CEA-Saclay & Science and Finance, Paris,
France)
S. METCALFE (University of Manchester, U.K.)
J. SCHEINKMAN(Princeton University, U.S.A.)
H.E. STANLEY(Boston University, U.S.A.)
Y.-C. ZHANG(University of Fribourg, Switzerland)

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:

Robert Axtell (The Brookings Institute, Washington, U.S.A.),
Carl Chiarella (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia),
Robin Cowan (University of Maastricht, The Netherlands),
Richard Day (University of Southern California, U.S.A.),
Domenico Delli Gatti (University of Milano, Italy),
Giovanni Dosi (Univ.of Pisa & Sant'Anna School of Adv.
Studies,Pisa, Italy),
Massimo Egidi (University of Trento, Italy),
Daniel Friedman (University of California, Santa Cruz, U.S.A.),
Mauro Gallegati (University of Ancona, Italy),
Laura Gardini (University of Urbino, Italy),
Alan Kirman (University of Marseille III, France),
Michael Kopel (University of Technology, Vienna, Austria),
Cars Hommes (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands),
Thomas Lux (University of Kiel, Germany),
Rosario Mantegna  (University of Palermo, Italy),
Fernando Vega-Redondo (University of Alicante, Spain).


PARTICIPATION/REGISTRATION:

Participation is open to all scientists from all member countries of
the United Nations, UNESCO or IAEA.  There is no registration fee
but participation is limited.   Please note, there are no participation
grants available for this Workshop. Therefore, all participants will be
required to provide for their own expenses. Details on
accommodation facilities will
be provided to those who have been selected by the Organizers.
As the activity will be conducted in English, participants should
have an adequate
working knowledge of that language.
All those interested in attending should complete and return the
Registration Form, which  may be found at the back of the
Workshop Announcement,  (also  obtainable  via e-mail:
smr1409@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
using as subject "get announcement" or via WWW Server:
http//www.ictp.trieste.it/)  by 31 JANUARY 2002, please also
attachAbstract, to:
the Abdus Salam ICTPWEHIA 2002 - SMR.1409(c/o Ms. Doreen
Sauleek)
Strada Costiera 11I-34014 Trieste, Italy
The decision of the Organizers will be communicated
to all candidates as soon as possibleTelephone:  +39-040-2240346
Telefax:  +39-040-2240585E-mail:  smr1409@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.server: http//www.ictp.trieste.it/Trieste, October 2001

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WORKSHOP ONECONOMICS AND HETEROGENEOUS
INTERACTING
AGENTS30 May - 1 June 2002

Miramare - Trieste, Italy R E G I S T R A T I O N   F O R M

(please note that unless all requested personal data are provided,
the Abdus Salam ICTP cannot process any visa request)
(If sending an application by e-mail,
please save and send file attachments in RTF format)
To be completed (typed or in block letters)and returned by 31
JANUARY 2002
to:
the Abdus Salam ICTPWEHIA 2002 - SMR.1409(c/o Ms. Doreen
Sauleek)
Strada Costiera 11, I-34014 Trieste, ItalyFax:  +39-040-2240585
E-mail:  smr1409@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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NAME: (Surname/First names)
Please indicate SURNAME / NAMES ON PASSPORT, if different
from above:

Nationality:Date of Birth: (year/month/day)Sex:

Permanent Institute: (full name and address)E-mail
address:*Personal Web
Page:*

Telephone:
Telex:
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Mailing address: (if different from above)

*I agree that my e-mail address/Web Page
may be made public on the ICTP WWW Pages:

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I WISH TO GIVE A POSTER PRESENTATION:
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Subject Keywords:
Title:
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I WISH TO GIVE A TALK:
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Subject Keywords:
Title:
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I am attaching a one-page abstract of my poster/talk.
Please note:  no contributed poster/talk will be considered unless
the abstract is received with this Registration Form
Recommended format of the abstracts
(including title, authors and abridged institutions)
is 16 cm (wide) by 11 cm (height)
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Kindly supply (strictly within indicated lengths)
a keyword description of your current scientific activities as follows:

1)      Area of research:  (e.g.  Game Theory, Statistical Physics)
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        (no more than 15 letters)

2)      Specific topic of interest: (e.g.Agent Base Models, Financial
Markets)
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        (no more than 30 letters)
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Signature: ..............................  Date: .............

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The above announcement and the
application form can be found at:

http://agenda.ictp.trieste.it/smr.php?1409