Analysis of Innovation and Competition Processes
Politecnico di Milano
September 28 - 30, 2011
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Last update: Jul 22, 2011
Dipartimento di Elettronica
e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano
September 28 - 30, 2011
Scientific course organised by
DEI - Department of Electronics and Information Politecnico di Milano |
SICC - Italian Society for Chaos and Complexity |
This course is part of the teaching activities organized by the PhD Program in Information Technology at DEI.
It is not only addressed to PhD students, but to
all researchers working in any areas of science and engineering and interested
in the modeling approaches to innovation and competition processes and their applications.
Course description:
In quite diversified fields of science such as information technology, economics, business and organization, sociology, and biology, mechanisms of innovation and competition can be clearly identified.
The interaction among innovation and competition results in the slow evolution of the characteristic traits of the entire process. The formal models which allow to describe these evolutionary scenarios are in general dynamic and nonlinear. The aim of the course is to present the modelling approaches proposed in the literature to describe innovation and competition processes, with particular emphasis on the so-called replicator and adaptive dinamics.
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The language of the course (lectures and
materials) is English.
Wednesday, September 28
Thursday, September 29
Friday, September 30
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The participation is restricted to:
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The course will be held at the Dipartimento
di Elettronica e Informazione (DEI), Politecnico di Milano, via Ponzio
34/5, 20133 Milano, in the "Sala Seminari" (ground floor).
Fabio Dercole, Department
of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano [webpage]
Introduction to innovation and competition processes
Introduction to game theory and replicator dynamics
The theory of resident-invader competition
The canonical equation of adaptive dynamics
Evolutionary extinction and branching
Applications to biology and economics
There is no admission fee, but application is mandatory
for all participants:
A certificate of attendance will be given to
all participants at the end of the course.
The Department building is located in the Bassini campus of the Politecnico di Milano. It is within walking distance of the stations Piola and Lambrate FS of the Metro (underground) line 2 ("green line"), of the tram lines 23 and 33, of the bus line 93, and of the train station Lambrate FS. For further information on how to reach, you can read these instructions.
The organisers of the course cannot take care of travel and accommodation of the participants. Many hotels are available near the campus [click here for a list] The Residences and accommodation services of the Politecnico di Milano can also offer a limited number of student accomodations (residenze@polimi.it).
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For enquiries about the content of the course, please contact the organizer Fabio Dercole (fabio.dercole@polimi.it).
PhD students of DEI doctoral program, please contact the PhD-DEI secretariat (dottoratoinginfo@elet.polimi.it) for any enquiry about the application procedure or any other administrative information.
Current and prospective SICC members, please contact the SICC secretariat (info@sicc-it.org) for any information.
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