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Artificial Market Study as Interdisciplinary Research

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An Artificial Market (AM) is a computational approach to study a market economy. Since its use is still a novelty, and it makes intensive use of computers as a research tool, interdisciplinary collaboration by economists and computer scientists is key to a successful study. However, researchers belonging to these two disciplines may not share a common culture for a scientific approach to the issue. This paper discusses what cultural differences exist between these two disciplines through experiences in the U-Mart project which is ongoing artificial market study started in 1999.

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  1. Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Nihonmatsu, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan

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Kita, H. Artificial Market Study as Interdisciplinary Research. Evolut Inst Econ Rev 5, 21–28 (2008). https://doi.org/10.14441/eier.5.21

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