Many IT service platforms (e.g., cloud computing platforms) are built as closed systems. They do not allow their customers to interoperate with other platforms or port their data to other platforms. As switching to different system is costly, customer of a closed IT system can be considered...

The erosion of service quality throughout the economy is a frequent concern in the popular press. The American Customer Satisfaction Index for services fell in 2000 to 69.4%, down 5 percentage points from 1994. We hypothesize that the characteristics of services---inseparability, intangibility,...

In this paper we employ techniques from artificial intelligence such as reinforcement learning and agent based modeling as building blocks of a computational model for an economy based on convention. First we model the interaction among firms in the private sector. These firms behave in an...

This paper presents the general economic equilibrium model of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The model includes eight macroagents. Four of the macroagents, Household, Producer, Bank, Owner, are described by optimisation problems. The other four macroagents follow prescribed scenarios. All agents...

Представлен обзор отечественных имитационных моделей регионального развития, базирующихся на системной динамике и агент-ориентированном подходе. Показано,...

В статье рассмотрены проблемы российского рынка труда и поставлены задачи имитационного моделирования структуры, состояния и развития рынка труда....

The Conchos basin is the largest tributary to the lower part of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo basin. During recent years a severe drought has affected México’s ability to deliver water from the Conchos basin as required by the 1944 Treaty. In addition, it has generated not only economic problems...