Front Cover; Economics and Artificial Intelligence; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. STAGE TWO: THE COGNITIVIST HYPOTHESIS; 3. STAGE THREE: THE SELF-ORGANIZATION ALTERNATIVE; 4. STAGE FOUR: THE ENACTIVE ALTERNATIVE; 5. CONCLUSIONS; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 2. PROVIDING STATISTICAL EXPERTISE FOR ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ANALYSIS; ABSTRACT; 1. Why Apply Artificial Intelligence in Statistics?; 2. Computing Challenges for Statistical Expertise; 3. REX: A Feasibility Demonstration.

4. Student: How to Acquire Data Analytic Strategy5. Summary; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. DESIGN OF INTELLIGENT DIALOGUE IN DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; Abstract; Keywords; INTRODUCTION; INTERACTIVITY IN A DSS; DIALOGUE AND INTERACTIVITY; FRAMEWORK FOR A DIALOGUE GENERATOR; INTELLIGENT BEHAVIOUR OF DSS DIALOGUE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. THE EDSEL SYNDROME, OR: IT IS HARD TO GIVE UP A PROMISING, BUT STILL FRUITLESS LARGE INVESTMENT; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION: A LITTLE BACKGROUND; 2. ESTIMATED DISTANCES TO THE SOLUTION; 3. The Edsel Syndrome; 4. CONCLUSIONS: FIGHTING THE EDSEL SYNDROME.

5. REFERENCECHAPTER 5. EXPERT SYSTEMS FOR THE ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF STRATEGIC POLICY; INTRODUCTION; POLICY STRUCTURES; EXPERT SYSTEM ELEMENTS OF POLICY STRUCTURES; ALTERNATIVES AND CONTEXTS FOR POLICY STRUCTURES; AN OPERATIONAL EXAMPLE; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. THE A.I. IMPACTS ON THE PROCESS OF THE DIVISION OF LABOR; Abstract; Keywords; INTRODUCTION; PROCESS OF DIVISION OF LABOR AND KNOWLEDGE; EXAMPLES OF ANALYSIS; CORSO and RECORSO; SYSTEMS SCIENCES; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. INDIVIDUAL ALIENATION AND SYSTEMS INTELLIGENCE; Abstract; Keywords.

THE LOGICAL AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE CONCEPT OF EQUILIBRIUM IN ECONOMICS AND IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCESVON FOERSTER'S CONJECTURE; CONCLUSION; Acknowledgements; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. QUALITATIVE MODELING OF ECONOMIC SYSTEMS; INTRODUCTION; QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE MODELS; QUALITATIVE SIMULATION; QUALITATIVE ECONOMICS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOL FOR THE SIMULATION OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS: THE MULTI-EXPERT SYSTEM; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MULTI-DISCIPLINARITY AND INTER-DISCIPLINARITY; CONCLUSION; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; THE MULTI-EXPERT SYSTEM: SATIN.