Complexity, Heterogeneity, and the Methods of Statistical Physics in Economics: Essays in Memory of Masanao Aoki

This book systematically provides a prospective integrated approach for complexity social science in its view of statistical physics and mathematics, with an impressive collection of the knowledge and expertise of leading researchers from all over the world. The book mainly covers both finitary methods of statistical equilibrium and data-driven analysis by econophysics.

The late Professor Masanao Aoki of UCLA, who passed away at the end of July 2018, in his later years dedicated himself to...