This dissertation focuses on the effects of public intervention on the future-orientation of an economy by implementing an agent-based model designed to provide insight on certain causalities between the public sector and the innovativeness of an economy which can be inferred following the...

In der Arbeit wird ein Permutation Flow Shop Problem mit mehrfacher Zielsetzung betrachtet. Das Problem der Reihenfolgeplanung von Auftr?gen in einem Produktionssystem hat seit der Ver?ffentlichung des Johnson Algorithmus 1954 wesentliche Aufmerksamkeit erlangt. Dabei wurden haupts?chlich...

Die Liberalisierung der Elektrizitätsmärkte in Europa hat zu einem deutlichen Strukturwandel der Energiewirtschaft geführt; Überkapazitäten und Wettbewerbsdruck bewirkten eine erhebliche Umorientierung in den Energieversorgungsunternehmen. Durch die zunehmende Liquidität des kurzfristigen...

Mit der Liberalisierung des europäischen Marktes für elektrische Energie haben sich die Randbedingungen für alle in diesem Markt tätigen Unternehmen grundlegend verändert. Um das langfristige Ziel eines europäischen Binnenmarktes zu erreichen, sind erhebliche Eingriffe in die unter...

Subject of the present study is the agent-based computer simulation ofAgent Island. Agent Island is a macroeconomic model, which belongs to thefield of monetary theory. Agent-based modeling is an innovative tool thatmade much progress in other scientific fields like medicine or logistics.In...

Litchi is an important crop in the mountainous part of northern Thailand yet its profitability has declined during the last 15 years. The replacement of litchi fruit orchards for seasonal flowers and vegetables has external costs related to increased levels of soil erosion, pesticides, and...

Post-Cold War military conflicts have highlighted the need for a flexible, agile joint force responsive to emerging crises around the globe. The 2005 Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) acquisition policy document mandates a shift away from stove-piped threat-based...

This dissertation presents a prototype model and methodology for validating a simpleagent-based model against the basic Hotelling monopoly model and a few basic extensions.Hotelling's Rule identi es the expected behavior of a market for a nonrenewable resource.The statement is simple - marginal...

The current study presents the NormSim Agent-Based Model in MASON. NormSimconducts a computational analysis of the International Relations theory of constructivism.NormSim explores the metastable dynamics of norms through the interactions ofheterogeneous agents embedded within a complex social...

The purpose of this project is to examine the benefits of basing economic analysisof accident law on the notion that individuals form a spontaneous order as they respondto the institution of tort law, each other, and their environment. Furthermore, I examinethe efficacy of agent-based modeling...