?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Modelling+Learning+and+R%26D+in+Innovative+Environments%3A+a+Cognitive+Multi-Agent+Approach&rft.creator=Pajares%2C++J.&rft.creator=Hern%C3%A1ndez%2C+C.&rft.creator=L%C3%B3pez-Paredes%2C+A.&rft.subject=Social+simulation&rft.description=Evolutionary+arguments+are+an+appropriate+approach+to+the+analysis+of+industry+dynamics+in+a+knowledge-based+economy%2C+because+they+can+deal+properly+with+innovation+processes%2C+technological+change%2C+path-dependence+and+knowledge.+But+in+order+to+formalise+all+of+this+verbal+accounting%2C+researchers+need+methodological+tools+which+support+their+theoretical+analysis.+In+this+paper+we+suggest+some+of+the+main+requirements+for+computer+simulation+to+have+the+same+standing+as+the+traditional+tools+used+by+neoclassical+economists.+Among+others%2C+aggregated+behaviour+should+emerge+from+micro-foundations%2C+economic+agents+should+exhibit+bounded+rational+behaviour%2C+learning+must+be+endogenous+and+human+learning+should+be+in+agreement+with+some+stylised+facts+from+cognitive+science+and+psychology.+We+argue+that+multi-agent+systems+is+a+methodology+which+fulfills+some+of+the+requirements+above.+We+also+propose+an+alternative+way+for+modelling+cognitive+learning+in+evolutionary+environments%2C+which+is+in+agreement+with+some+basic+concepts+from+cognitive+science.+Agents+are+endowed+with+both+declarative+and+procedural+knowledge.+We+have+used+our+approach+to+build+evolutionary+models+of+innovative+industries%2C+where+firms+learn+how+to+change+their+decisions+about+R%26D+budget%2C+production%2C+technology%2C+etc.+We+refer+as+well+to+some+applications+using+the+same+framework+to+model+behavioural+financial+markets%2C+economic+geography+and+water+resource+management.+&rft.date=2004-03&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4268%2F1%2F7.html&rft.identifier=++Pajares%2C+J.+and+Hern%C3%A1ndez%2C+C.+and+L%C3%B3pez-Paredes%2C+A.++(2004)+Modelling+Learning+and+R%26D+in+Innovative+Environments%3A+a+Cognitive+Multi-Agent+Approach.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4268%2F