"Marketecture: A Simulation-Based Framework for Studying Experimental Deregulated Power Market," Proceedings of the 6th IAEE European Energy Conference. Held at ETH Zurich: 2-3 September 2004

Books reviewed include: Asian Rice Bowls: The Returning Crisis?by Prabhu L. Pingali, Mahabub Hossain, and Roberta V. Gerpacio; Quantitative Development Policy Analysis by Elisabeth Sadoulet and Alain de Janvry; Countrysides at Risk: The Political Geography of Sustainable Agriculture by Robert...

Books Reviewed include: Agricultural Landownership in Transitional Economies by Gene Wunderlich; Maize Technology Development And Transfer: A GIS Application For Research Planning In Kenya by Rashid Hassan; Famine In Africa: Causes, Responses, and Prevention by Joachim von Braun, Tesfaye Teklu...

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- About the BCG Henderson Institute -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Building Resilience -- Chapter 1 Resilience vs. Efficiency: Calibrating the Trade-off -- Chapter 2 When Resilience is More Important than Efficiency -- Chapter 3 Advantage in Adversity --...

We apply agent based computer techniques to develop a modeling framework that can be used to study all aspects of commodity markets. The goal is to use advances in computation to study the micro level behavior of the market and its players. This work is motivated by the understanding that the...