The Beneficial Role of Random Strategies in Social and Financial Systems

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 607-622

  Biondo, Alessio Emanuele ^a   Pluchino, Alessandro ^a   Rapisarda, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Expectations; Financial Markets; Financial Strategy; Momentum; Numerical simulations; Parliament; Peter Principle; Random strategies; RSI; Sociophysics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875576640     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-013-0691-2     Document Type: Article

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