ASPEN: A Microsimulation Model of the Economy

被引：49

作者：

Basu N. ^{[1
]}

Pryor R. ^{[2
]}

Quint T. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] AT and T Customer Sciences, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

[2] Sandia National Laboratories, Mailstop 1109, Albuquerque, NM 87185

[3] Department of Mathematics, University of Nevada, Reno

来源：

Computational Economics | 1998年 / 12卷 / 3期

关键词：

Agent-based model; Genetic algorithm; Microsimulation; Monetary policy; US economy;

D O I：

10.1023/A:1008691115079

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摘要：

In this report we present ASPEN, a new agent-based microeconomic simulation model of the U.S. economy being developed at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL). The model is notable because it allows a large number of individual economic agents to be modeled at a high level of detail and with a great degree of freedom. Some of the features of ASPEN are (a) a sophisticated message-passing system which allows individual pairs of agents to communicate with one another, (b) the use of genetic algorithms to simulate certain agents' learning, and (c) a detailed financial sector which includes a banking system and a bond market. Results from runs of the model are also presented.

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