Elementary Economic Systems in Material Agent Societies

  • Antônio Carlos da Rocha Costa FURG
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wesaac.2018.33251

Abstract


This paper formally characterizes the elementary economic systems of material agent societies, on the bases of the notions of (individual and group) elementary economic behavior, elementary economic exchange and elementary economic process. The equilibrium of an elementary economic system is defined in terms of the equilibrium of the set of group elementary economic processes that constitute such system. A case study illustrates the proposed concepts.

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2018-05-02
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COSTA, Antônio Carlos da Rocha. Elementary Economic Systems in Material Agent Societies. In: WORKSHOP-SCHOOL ON AGENTS, ENVIRONMENTS, AND APPLICATIONS (WESAAC), 12. , 2018, Fortaleza/CE. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2018 . p. 12-24. ISSN 2326-5434. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wesaac.2018.33251.