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Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 Getting Started: The Aggregation Conundrums and Basic Toolkits of Agent Based Modeling -- 1.1 Understanding Heterogeneity and Interaction in Economic Models -- 1.1.1 Aggregate Models with Boundlessly Rational Agents -- 1.1.2 The...

This book explores deterministic and stochastic EOQ-model based problems and applications, presenting technical analyses of single-echelon EOQ model based inventory problems, and applications of the EOQ model for multi-echelon supply chain inventory analysis.

Sustainability Analysis provides a detailed exploration of current environmental thinking from a variety of perspectives, including institutional and psychological angles. Primarily focusing on macroeconomic policies and green national accounting, this book provides a strong basis for further...

Cover -- Title Page -- CIP data -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Learning to Count -- 2.1 Enumeration -- 2-1 Games Sum of Two Dice -- 2-2 Configurations Birth Order -- 2-3 Inspection Fan Assemblies -- 2-4 Games Coin Toss --...

Tourism economics is partly based on established principles from the economics discipline, but it also incorporates elements from sociology, psychology, organization theory and ecology. It has over the years turned into an appealing multi-disciplinary oriented approach to the understanding of...

This book uses welfare theoretic and descriptive approaches to present recent advances in the study of inequality, polarization and poverty. It is filled with graphs, charts, and non-technical explanations of technical terms and mathematical operations.