Parallel computation represents not only a new mode of computation, but, a new intellectual paradigm. This chapter provides an overview of the technology of parallel computation in terms of hardware and programming languages; presents some of the fundamental classes of problems encountered in...

This chapter describes methods for solving simple versions that arise in nonlinear pricing and mechanism design. Nonlinear pricing is one instance of a wide variety of problems derived from the principalagent paradigm and its extensions to mechanism design. The key ingredient of the standard...

This chapter discusses computational methods for the estimation and analysis of macroeconometric models. The chapter focuses on methods that, while possibly computationally routine, are not trivial. Most of the methods discussed are methods for complete models. The results reported in Fair and...

This chapter provides an overview of the latest state of the art of methods for numerical computation of Nash equilibria and refinements of Nash equilibria for general finite n -person games. The appropriate method for computing Nash equilibria for a game depends on a number of factors. The...

This chapter describes computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling and the history of its development. The chapter illustrates the computation of solutions for CGE models and reviews its achievements, failures, and potential. The model illustrated in the chapter can be used in two ways: as a...

The approach to many problems in economic analysis has changed drastically with the development and dissemination of new and more efficient computational techniques. Computational Economic Systems: Models, Methods & Econometrics presents a selection of papers illustrating the use of new...

SD-Solver is a general purpose simulation environment grounded on the Constraint Logic Programming technology. Its main aim is to facilitate the development of Decision Support Systems based on dynamic models. Using SD-Solver, forward and backward simulations can be performed-to some extent-on...