Advanced Dynamic Modeling of Economic and Social Systems

In this volume recent advances in the use of modern quantitative models for the analysis of various problems related to the dynamics of social and economic systems are presented. The majority of the chapters describe tools and techniques of broadly percei

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Araceli N. Proto, Massimo Squillante, and Janusz Kacprzyk (Eds.)

Advanced Dynamic Modeling of Economic and Social Systems

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Editors Prof. Araceli N. Proto Laboratorio de Sistemas Complejos Facultad de Ingenieria Universidad de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Argentina Prof. Massimo Squillante Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences University of Sannio Benevento Italy

Prof. Janusz Kacprzyk Systems Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw Poland and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Cracow University of Technology Cracow Poland

ISSN 1860-949X e-ISSN 1860-9503 ISBN 978-3-642-32902-9 e-ISBN 978-3-642-32903-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-32903-6 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012945327 c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013  This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Introduction

In difficult times the world is facing nowadays there is an urgent need for more meaningful and more profound analyses of systems and problems that may be relevant. Of particular interest are here clearly all kinds of analyses of social and economic systems and problems because their concern is what primarily matters for all of us. A natural te