Introduction to urban science: evidence and theory of cities as complex systems

LMA Bettencourt - 2021 - books.google.com
A novel, integrative approach to cities as complex adaptive systems, applicable to issues
ranging from innovation to economic prosperity to settlement patterns. Human beings …

Urban growth and the emergent statistics of cities

LMA Bettencourt - Science advances, 2020 - science.org
Urban theory models cities as spatial equilibria to derive their aggregate properties as
functions of extensive variables, such as population size. However, this assumption seems …

[PDF][PDF] The Limitations of Growth-Optimal Approaches to Decision Making Under Uncertainty

MC Ford, JA Kay - Econ Journal Watch, 2023 - econjwatch.org
A fundamental problem in the analysis of choice under uncertainty is that it is not obvious
what constitutes optimal behaviour for an individual. Within economics assumptions have …

Insurance as an ergodicity problem

O Peters - Annals of Actuarial Science, 2023 - cambridge.org
In November 2014, the economist Ken Arrow and I had one of our long conversations about
my efforts to re-imagine economic science from the perspective of the ergodicity problem …

Fingerspitzengefühl: Towards a relentless quest for soul and (ergodic) precision in (insurance) economics

E Briys - The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance-Issues and …, 2021 - Springer
Orio Giarini spent a life working on insurance, growth, wealth and technology. His work was
deeply influenced by a famous Austrian novel, namely The Man without Qualities authored …

[PDF][PDF] Fingerspitzengefühl

E Briys, O Giarini, R Musil - The Geneva Papers on Risk and …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Orio Giarini spent a life working on insurance, growth, wealth and technology. His work was
deeply influenced by a famous Austrian novel, namely The Man without Qualities authored …