Forty scientists participated on 1 and 2 September 2011 in the Artificial Economics 2011 symposium at LEI, part of Wageningen UR. Artificial Economics is an annual symposium on the application of agent-based models in economics.
Economists and computer scientists from many European countries, USA, India, and Brasil participated in the event at LEI. The scientific contributions and the keynote speeches presented the audience with a range of applications from agri-food supply chains to electricity spot markets, and more general topics such as the relevance of competition for the economy.
The keynote speeches by professor Nigel Gilbert and professor Catholijn M. Jonker, respectively, focussed on the need to obtain more general results in artificial economics and the perspectives of agent-based models for policy support. The speeches were highly appreciated by the audience. Presentations are available from the Artificial Economics symposium website and the scientific contributions have been published by Springer Verlag, Emergent Results of Artificial Economics.