This short review presents a selected history of the mutual fertilization between physics and
economics—from Isaac Newton and Adam Smith to the present. The fundamentally different …

Agent-based modeling and simulation (ABMS) is a new approach to modeling systems
comprised of autonomous, interacting agents. ABMS promises to have far reaching effects …

This book has emerged through years of discussions, comments and questions we have
received about building agentbased models and integrating geographical information …

Cognitive science arose in the 1950s when it became apparent that a number of disciplines,
including psychology, computer science, linguistics, and philosophy, were fragmenting …

Minds and Machines: Connectionism and Psychological Modeling examines different kinds
of models and investigates some of the basic properties of connectionism in the context of …

Today's businesses must continuously adapt to external conditions in accelerated time
frames. This requires businesses to shift from strategies that eliminate variation to those that …

Most leadership literature stems from and focuses on the private sector, emphasizing
personal qualities that bind leaders and followers to a shared purpose. As the authors of …

On New Year's Eve, 1775, American revolution-ary General Richard Montgomery's ill-fated
decision to lead the assault through a fallen barricade in Québec City was decisive in …

This paper addresses a special line of thought, setting the task of taking a straightforward
approach to complexity as a source of vulnerability. The practical goal is to attach a relevant …

Urban problems are problems of organized complexity. Thus, many models and scientific
methods to resolve urban problems are failed. This study is concerned with proposing of a …