Decision Economics: In the Tradition of Herbert A. Simon's Heritage

This book is dedicated to our mentors—Kumaraswamy Vela Velupillai and Nicola Mattoscio—who, more than anyone else, have led us to a deep understanding of Herbert A. Simon’s immense body of work. Among their countless teachings, indeed, Vela and Nicola have had the merit to convey to us their great passion for Simon’s lifelong research program on computational complexity theory, as classical behavioural economics, that has brought so many positive changes and challenges to the progress of economic studies. In remembering Herbert A. Simon, a pioneering scholar in the interlinked development of economics, cognitive psychology, and computer science, this book presents a collection of selected peer-reviewed papers presented at the special session on “Decision Economics” (DECON), a scientific forum held annually which works to share ideas, projects, research results, models, and experiences associated with the complexity of behavioural decision processes and socio-economic phenomena. DECON 2017 took place at the Polytechnic of Porto, ISEP, Portugal, as part of the 14th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence.