• DocumentCode
    2157334
  • Title

    Agent-Based Simulations of Wealth Transfer and Accumulation in an Agricultural Society

  • Author

    Geng, Yixuan ; Cai, H.J. ; Fu, Wei

  • Author_Institution
    Int. Sch. of Software, Wuhan Univ., Wuhan, China
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    20-22 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Agent-based simulations of a simplified system model implemented on the swarm platform show that during the early stages of an agricultural society, wealth grows rapidly and migrates to a small percentage of landowners. Analysis of this simplified model indicate that the growth of wealth mainly results from the utilization of land and the rise of land prices, and that wealth aggregation occurs with positive feedback as one gains wealth, one becomes more risk resistant, and one who is risk resistant gains more wealth.
  • Keywords
    agriculture; software agents; agent-based simulations; agricultural society; positive feedback; swarm platform; wealth aggregation; wealth transfer; Computer simulation; Economics; Feedback; Government; International trade; Macroeconomics; Mathematical model; Nonlinear systems; Object oriented modeling; Risk analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Management and Service Science, 2009. MASS '09. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Wuhan
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4638-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4639-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICMSS.2009.5304169
  • Filename
    5304169