Speaker: J. Barkley Rosser, James Madison University
Title: Complex Ecologic-Economic Dynamics

Abstract: This paper examines how interactions between ecosystems and economic agents lead to nonlinearities in dynamics absent without this interaction that can result in a variety of endogenous complex dynamics, including catastrophic discontinuities and chaotic irregularities, among others. Examples studied include fisheries, forests, shallow lakes, and multi-level hierarchical systems.

Time: Friday, Feb. 24, 2012, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Place: Science and Tech 1, Room 206 (NOTE SPECIAL ROOM!)

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