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Handbook of Research on Nature Inspired Computing for Economics and Management Table of Contents Foreword........................................................................................................................................... xxviii Preface................................................................................................................................................ xxxii Volume I Nature-Inspired Computing and Social Sciences Section 1 Nature-Inspired Computing Chapter I Artificiality in Social Sciences / Jean-Philippe Rennard................................................................ 1 Chapter II Multi-Cellular Techniques / Carl Anderson................................................................................. 16 Chapter III Stochastic Optimization Algorithms / Pierre Collet and Jean-Philippe Rennard........................... 28 Chapter IV Evolutionary Algorithms / Pierre Collet............................................................................................ 45 Chapter V Genetic Programming / Pierre Collet................................................................................................. 59 Chapter VI Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization in Finance / Carlos Artemio Coello Coello.................... 74 Section II Social Modeling Chapter VII Simulation in the Social Sciences / Robert Axelrod........................................................................... 90 Chapter VIII Multi-Agent Systems Research and Social Science Theory Building / Harko Verhagen................ 101 Chapter IX A Dynamic Agent-Based Model of Corruption / Rajesh Chakrabarti........................................ 111 Chapter X Human Nature in the Adaptation of Trust / Bart Nooteboom.......................................................... 123 Chapter XI Cognitively Based Modeling of Scientific Productivity / Isaac Naveh and Ron Sun................... 141 Chapter XII Nature-Inspired Knowledge Mining Algorithms for Emergent Behaviour Discovery in Economic Models / David Al-Dabass................................................................................... 153 Chapter XIII The Grid for Nature-Inspired Computing and Complex Simulations / Riccardo Boero....................171 Section III Economics Chapter XIV Agent-Based Computational Economics / Charlotte Bruun......................................................... 183 Chapter XV Data Gathering to Build and Validate Small-Scale Social Models for Simulation / Juliette Rouchier................................................................................................................. 198 Chapter XVI Modeling Qualitative Development / Andreas Pyka................................................................. 211 Chapter XVII Agent-Based Modeling with Boundedly Rational Agents / Eva Ebenhöh and Claudia Pahl-Wostl............................................................................................................. 225 Chapter XVIII Heterogeneous Learning Using Genetic Algorithms / Thomas Vallee........................................... 246 Chapter XIX Modeling the Firm as an Artificial Neural Network / Jason Barr and Francesco Saraceno........................................................................................................ 263 Chapter XX Evolutionary Modeling and Industrial Structure Emergence / Halina Kwasnicka and Witold Kwasnicki........................................................................................................ 281 Chapter XXI Population Symbiotic Evolution in a Model of Industrial Districts / Ugo Merlone and Pietro Terna......................................................................................................................... 301 Chapter XXII Competitive Advantage of Geographical Clusters / Vito Albino, Nunzia Carbonara, and Ilaria Giannoccaro............................................................................................................... 317 Chapter XXIII A Simulation of Strategic Bargainings within a Biotechnology Cluster / Alain Berro and Isabelle Leroux..................................................................................................................... 335 Chapter XXIV Knowledge Accumulation in Hayekian Market Process Theory / Nicole J. Saam and Wolfgang Kerber................................................................................................................... 352 Chapter XXV On Technological Specialization in Industrial Clusters / Herbert Dawid and Klaus Wersching................................................................................................................ 367 ChapterXXVI Simulating Product Invention Using InventSim / Anthony Brabazon, Arlindo Silva, Tiago Ferra de Sousa, Robin Matthews, Michael O'Neill, and Ernesto Costa................379 Volume II Nature-Inspired Computing and Management Section IV Design and Manufacturing Chapter XXVII Human-Centric Evolutionary Systems in Design and Decision-Making / I. C. Parmee, J. R. Abraham, and A. Machwe....................................................................................... 395 Chapter XXVIII Genetic Algorithms for Organizational Design and Inspired by Organizational Theory / Tian-Li Yu, Ali A. Yassine, and David E. Goldberg............................................................ 412 Chapter XXIX Autonomous Systems with Emergent Behavior / Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo....................... 429 Chapter XXX An Evolutionary Algorithm for Decisional Assistance to Project Management / Samuel Rochet and Claude Baron.................................................................................. 444 Chapter XXXI How Genetic Algorithms Handle Pareto-Optimality in Design and Manufacturing / Nirupam Chakraborti....................................................................................................... 465 Section V Operations and Supply Chain Management Chapter XXXII Evolutionary Optimization in Production Research / Christos Dimopoulos.................................. 483 Chapter XXXIII Ant Colony Optimization and Multiple Knapsack Problem / Stefka Fidanova............................ 498 Chapter XXXIV A New Way to Reorganize a Productive Department in Cells / Alessandro Brun and Marta Zorzini......................................................................................................................... 510 Chapter XXXV Agent-Oriented Modeling and Simulation of Distributed Manufacturing / Kuldar Taveter and Gerd Wagner............................................................................................................527 Chapter XXXVI Application of RAP/AOR to the Modeling and Simulation of a Ceramics Factory / Kuldar Taveter................................................................................................................... 541 Chapter XXXVII Building Distribution Networks Using Cooperating Agents / Neil Urquhart.................................. 557 Chapter XXXVIII Games, Supply Chains, and Automatic Strategy Discovery Using Evolutionary Computation / Timothy Gosling, Nanlin fin, and Edward Tsang........................................................... 572 Chapter XXXIX Applications of Neural Networks in Supply Chain Management / Ioannis Minis and Nikolaos. Ampazis.............................................................................................................. 589 Chapter XL An Object-Oriented Framework for Rapid Genetic Algorithm Development / Andres L. Medaglia and Eliecer Gutierrez........................................................................ 608 Chapter XLI Applications of JGA to Operations Management and Vehicle Routing / Andres L. Medaglia and Eliécer Gutiérrez.......................................................................................................... 625 Chapter XLII Solving Facility Location Problems with a Tool for Rapid Development of Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms (MOEAs) / Andres L. Medaglia, Eliécer Gutierrez, and Juan Guillermo Villegas..................................................................................................... 642 Chapter XLIII Worker Performance Modeling in Manufacturing Systems Simulation / Peer-Olaf Siebers .......... 661 Section VI Information Systems Chapter XLIV Toward an Agent-Oriented Paradigm of Information Systems / Hong Zhu..................................... 679 Chapter XLV Caste-Centric Development of Agent-Oriented Information Systems / Lijun Shan, Rui Shen, Ji Wang, Hong Zhu............................................................................................ 692 Chapter XLVI Evolving Learning Ecologies / Jon Dron.......................................................................................... 708 Chapter XLVII Efficient Searching in Peer-to-Peer Networks Using Agent-Enabled Ant Algorithms / Prithviraj Dasgupta.......................................................................................................... 721 Section VII Commerce and Negotiation Chapter XLVIII An Annealing Protocol for Negotiating Complex Contracts / Mark Klein, Peyman Faratin, Hiroki Sayama, Yaneer Bar-Yam....................................................................................... 739 Chapter XLIX Agents for Multi-Issue Negotiation / John Debenham.............................................................. 750 Chapter L An Introduction of Evolutionary Computation in Auctions / Asunción Mochón, Yugo Sáez, David Quintana, and Pedro Isasi.................................................................................. 771 Chapter LI Virtual Organization Support through Electronic Institutions and Normative Multi-Agent Systems / Henrique Lopes Cardoso, Ana Paula Rocha, and Eugenio Oliveira................ 786 Section VIII Marketing Chapter LII Co-Evolving Better Strategies in Oligopolistic Price Wars / Robert Marks, David Midgley, and Lee Cooper.................................................................................................................. 806 Chapter LIII Social Anti-Percolation and Negative Word of Mouth / Tom Erez, Sarit Moldovan, and Sorin Solomon......................................................................................................................... 822 Chapter LIV Complexity-Based Modelling Approaches for Commercial Applications / David Collings and Nicola Baxter............................................................................................................... 836 Section IX Finance Chapter LV Genetic Programming for Spatiotemporal Forecasting of Housing Prices / Mak Kaboudan Chapter LVI Multiattribute Methodologies in Financial Decision Aid / Mattia Ciprian, Massimiliano Kaucic, Giulia Nogherotto, Valentino Pediroda, and Danilo DiStefano........................... 869 851 Chapter LVII Multi-Objective Optimization Evolutionary Algorithms in Insurance-Linked Derivatives / M J. Perez, J. Garcia, L. Marti, and J. M Molina................................................................ 885 Chapter LVIII Modeling an Artificial Stock Market / Stéphanie Lavigne and Stéphane Sanchez................... 909