Introduction to Econophysics : Correlations and Complexity in Finance Paperback / softback
by Rosario N. (Universita degli Studi, Palermo, Italy) Mantegna, H. Eugene (Boston University) Stanley
Paperback / softback
Description
This book concerns the use of concepts from statistical physics in the description of financial systems.
The authors illustrate the scaling concepts used in probability theory, critical phenomena, and fully developed turbulent fluids.
These concepts are then applied to financial time series.
The authors also present a stochastic model that displays several of the statistical properties observed in empirical data.
Statistical physics concepts such as stochastic dynamics, short- and long-range correlations, self-similarity and scaling permit an understanding of the global behaviour of economic systems without first having to work out a detailed microscopic description of the system.
Physicists will find the application of statistical physics concepts to economic systems interesting.
Economists and workers in the financial world will find useful the presentation of empirical analysis methods and well-formulated theoretical tools that might help describe systems composed of a huge number of interacting subsystems.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:164 pages, 63 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:16/07/2007
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- ISBN:9780521039871
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:164 pages, 63 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:16/07/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521039871
