Coordination:

• Giorgio FAGIOLO, Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Pisa, Italy
• Koen FRENKEN, URU, Utrecht University

Outline of the week

The second week of the Maastricht session provides students with an introduction into evolutionary models and computational tools. The lectures offer an overview of the main modelling approaches as well as their empirical applications. Special emphasis will be on methodological aspects.

Teaching staff

• Robin COWAN (University Louis Pasteur & Maastricht University)
• Giorgio FAGIOLO (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa)
• Koen FRENKEN (Utrecht University)
• Gerald SILVERBERG (Maastricht University & IIASA, Laxenburg)
• Marco VALENTE (University of L'Aquila)
• Florian WAGENER (University of Amsterdam)

Monday 13 Oct 2008 INTRODUCTION

9.45 - 10.00: Koen FRENKEN - Introduction to the course
10.15 - 12.15: Lecture 1: Florian WAGENER - Complex evolutionary systems in behavioral finance
13.45 - 14.45: PhD presentation n°1: Shu GAO; junior discussant: Mark ROULEAU; senior discussant: Florian WAGENER
15.00 - 17.00: Lecture 2: Koen FRENKEN - Introduction into evolutionary economics

Tuesday 14 Oct 2008 PATH DEPENDENCE

9.00 - 11.00: Lecture 3: Robin COWAN - Competing technologies
11.15 - 12.15: PhD presentation n°2: Björn BERTRAM; junior discussant: ; Alexander van der VOOREN; senior discussant: Koen FRENKEN
13.45 - 15.45: Lecture 4: Robin COWAN - Counterfactuals and the problem of empirical analysis of path dependent systems
16.00 - 17.00: PhD presentation n°3: Jarno HOEKMAN; junior discussant: ; henry LOPEZ VEGA; senior discussant: Robin COWAN

Wednesday 15 Oct 2008 COMPLEXITY

9.00 - 11.00: Lecture 5: Gerald SILVERBERG - Percolation models
11.15 - 12.15: PhD presentation n°4: Ozge DILAVER KALKAN; junior discussant: ; Jarno HOEKMAN; senior discussant: Gerald SILVERBERG
13.45 - 15.45: Lecture 6: Koen FRENKEN - NK-models
16.00 - 17.00: PhD presentation n°5: Paolo ZEPPINI ROSSI; junior discussant: ; Charlotte SCHLUMP; senior discussant: Koen FRENKEN

Thursday 16 Oct 2008 AGENT-BASED MODELLING

9.00 - 11.00: Lecture 7: Giorgio FAGIOLO - How to do agent-based modelling
11.15 - 12.15: PhD presentation n°6: Mark ROULEAU; junior discussant: ; Paolo ZEPPINI ROSSI; senior discussant: Giorgio FAGIOLO
13.45 - 15.45: Lecture 8: Giorgio FAGIOLO - Empirical validation of agent-based modelling
16.00 - 17.00: PhD presentation n°7: Valentine MILLOT; junior discussant: ; Ozge DILAVER KALKAN; senior discussant: Marco VALENTE

Friday 17 Oct 2008 LABORATORY FOR SIMULATION DEVELOPMENT

09.00 - 10.00: Giorgio FAGIOLO - Evaluation
10.15 - 12.15: Lecture 9: Marco VALENTE - Introduction into LSD
13.45 - 14.45: PhD presentation n°8
15.00 - 17.00: Lecture 10: Marco VALENTE - Consumer demand