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| Title: | Modelling Complex Systems |
| Authors: | Xepapadeas, Anastasios |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | Plenary Paper |
| Abstract: | Empirical observations suggest that linear dynamics are not an adequate representa-
tion of ecological systems and that a realistic representation would require adoption of complex nonlinear dynamical systems with characteristics encountered in complex adaptive systems (CAS). Adequate modelling should include and combine, among
others, strategic interactions among economic agents, nonconvexities induced by non-linear feedbacks, separate spatial and temporal scales and modeling of spatiotempo-
ral dynamics, and allowance of alternative time scales. Ignoring these characteristics
might obscure very important features that we observe in reality such as bifurcations
and irreversibilities or hysteresis. As a consequence, the design of policies that do not take CAS characteristics into account might lead to erroneous results and undesirable states of managed economic-ecological systems. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/53216 |
| Institution/Association: | International Association of Agricultural Economists>2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China |
| Total Pages: | 17 |
| Collections: | 2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China
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