Knowledge and Networks in a Dynamic Economy

INTRODUCTION Ake E. Andersson - Biosketch and Scientific Contribution (1936-1996) B. Johansson, F. Snickars, R. Thord; An Outline of the Volume REGIONAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVES FOR THE FUTURE W. Isard, Commonalities, Regional Science and the Future - A Septuagenerian Perspective SYNERGETICS AND CONTROL IN NETWORKS H. Haken, Decision Making and Optimization in Regional Planning J.L. Casti, Putting Some Life Into the System C.L. Barrett, R. Thord, C. Reidys, Simulations in Decision Making for Socio-Technical Systems J.-P. Aubin, Minimal Complexity and Maximal Decentralization DYNAMICS OF ECONOMICAL NETWORKS D. Saari, An Arrow's Theorem Perspective on Networks A. Nagurney, S. Siokos, Dynamics of International Financial Networks: Modeling, Stability Analysis, and Computation R.E. Kuenne, Price and Nonprice Competition in Oligopoly With Scaling of Characteristics B. Johansson, A.E. Andersson, A Schloss Laxenburg Model of Product Cycle Dynamics T. Puu, Gradient Dynamics in Webrian Location Theory CREATIVITY-LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE IN NETWORKS K. Kobayashi, K. Fukuyama, Human Contacts in Knowledge Society: An Analytical Perspective B. Harsman, J. Quigley, Education, Job Requirements, and Commuting: An Analysis of Network Flows T. Smith, A. Billot, Informative Contests and the Efficient Selection of Agents M.J. Beckmann, O. Persson, Scientific Collaboration as Spatial Interaction W.-B. Zhang, On Confucius - A Way of Chinese Thinking on Values and Institutions THE INFRASTRUCTURE ARENA - TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION NETWORKS D.F. Batten, Co-Evolutionary Learning on Networks P. Nijkamp, H. Koski, Modeling Adopters' Behaviour in Information Technology Systems: A Multi-Actor Approach F. Snickars, A Game-Theory Model of Interdependent Transport Investment Projects D.E. Boyce, D.-H. Lee, B.N. Janson, Roadway Incident Analysis with a Dynamic User-Optimal Route Choice Model T.R. Lakshmanan, Transportation in Knowledge Society Contributors to this Volume