We consider a variety of programs for training computer and information technology experts, and analyze the structure of knowledge of IT experts of various types. With the help of cluster analysis, we have established three clusters of programs, which we chose to call "mathematician/programmer",...

Recent turmoil in financial and commodities markets has renewed questions regarding how well markets discover equilibrium prices, particularly when those markets are highly complex. A relatively new critique questions whether markets can realistically find equilibrium prices if computers cannot....