Agent-based economic models and econometrics

Knowledge Engineering Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-219

  Chen, Shu Heng ^a   Chang, Chia Ling ^a   Du, Ye Rong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED; AGENT-BASED COMPUTATIONAL FINANCE; AGENT-BASED MODELING; ECONOMIC MODELS; FINANCIAL ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MARKET;

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84860451004     PISSN: 02698889     EISSN: 14698005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269888912000136     Document Type: Review

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