I know economics uses game theory, but I'm not sure whether evolutionary game theory has caught on. This came up in a thread on wedtech, so I thought I'd pass it along:
> I'm reading this: > Game Theory Evolving by Herbert Gintis > http://tinyurl.com/z22cj > I like it because it looks at game theory in the context of change, > thus fits the complexity world well. -- Owen Owen Densmore http://backspaces.net - http://redfish.com - http://friam.org On Jul 26, 2006, at 1:28 PM, Russell Standish wrote: > Like anything in the mainstream press, tantalisingly short on > detail. I argued back in 1996 that Economics needs to take on an > evolutionary outlook in a paper that was ultimately published in > 2000. Indeed, I used the same Mashallian quote mentioned in the > article: > > Standish, R.K. (2000) ``The Role of Innovation within Economics'', in > Commerce, Complexity and Evolution, Barnett, W. et al (eds) (Cambridge > University Press, New York), pp61-79. arXiv:nlin.AO/0007005 > > The reason why evolutionary economics has not taken off that much is > that not enough bright minds are focussed on the problem, and > economics is not the same as biology - excessive use of analogy > actually clouds understanding. > > On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 06:40:29PM -0600, Tom Johnson wrote: >> Of interest to the list, I hope. >>> From the current issue of The Economist: >> The Cambrian age of >> economics<http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm? >> story_id=7189617> >> Evolutionary economics is surviving, but not thriving >> >> http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7189617 >> >> -- tj >> >> ========================================== >> J. T. Johnson >> Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA >> www.analyticjournalism.com >> 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) >> http://www.jtjohnson.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. >> To change something, build a new model that makes the >> existing model obsolete." >> -- Buckminster >> Fuller >> ========================================== > >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > -- > *PS: A number of people ask me about the attachment to my email, which > is of type "application/pgp-signature". Don't worry, it is not a > virus. It is an electronic signature, that may be used to verify this > email came from me if you have PGP or GPG installed. Otherwise, you > may safely ignore this attachment. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 8308 3119 (mobile) > Mathematics 0425 253119 (") > UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Australia http:// > parallel.hpc.unsw.edu.au/rks > International prefix +612, Interstate prefix 02 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
