MinSim Publications

Chris Chan's papers

• Chris Chan '08 is the author of the base software, and his papers explain the working of the software as well as results of his experiments done with it.
• Part One: A Java Library Implementation of the Gold-Food Economic Model in Repast and MASON
• Part Two: An Agent-Based Model of a Minimal Economy

Daniel Hayes-Patterson's paper

• Daniel Hayes-Patterson '09 wrote this website, documentation for MinSim, and extend the code to include traders.
• Report: Introducing Traders to an Agent-Based Minimal Economy: Creating a Platform for Collaborative Research in Economic Agent-Based Simulation

Other Publications on Agent-Based Simulation (Not in conjunction with MinSim. Links will all open in a new window)

• LeBaron, Blake and Leigh Tesfatsion, "Modeling Macroeconomies as Open-Ended Dynamic Systems of Interacting Agents", American Economic Review, Volume 98, No. 2, 2008, pp. 246-250.
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• Tesfatsion, Leigh, Agent-Based Computational Economics: A Constructive Approach to Economic Theory, pp. 831-880 in Leigh Tesfatsion and Kenneth L. Judd (eds.), Handbook of Computational Economics, Volume 2: Agent-Based Computational Economics, Handbooks in Economics Series, North-Holland/Elsevier, the Netherlands, Spring 2006.
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• Tesfatsion, Leigh, "Constructive Modeling of Decentralized Market Economies: An Agent-Based Computational Economics Approach".
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• Leigh Tesfatsion, "Introduction to Walrasian General Equilibrium Modeling", Macroeconomic Theory Course Materials (Masters-Level).
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• Leigh Tesfatsion, "Non-Walrasian Equilibrium: Illustrative Examples", Macroeconomic Theory Course Materials (Masters-Level).
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