Elementary Economic Systems in Material Agent Societies

Antônio Carlos Rocha Costa

doi:10.22456/2175-2745.86534

Authors

Antônio Carlos Rocha Costa Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7954-8420

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/2175-2745.86534

Keywords:

Agent societies, Material agent societies, Elementary economic systems, Elementary economic processes, Elementary economic exchanges, Elementary economic behaviors

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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Author Biography

Antônio Carlos Rocha Costa, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Computação/FURG, professor convidado.

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