Focus Session: Econophysics and Applications Outside of Physics

Presentations

• Image Segmentation in Linear Time using the Potts Model

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 1:30 PM – March 10, 2008, 1:42 PM

  Authors

  • Frank W. Bentrem

    • Marine Geosciences Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi 39529

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• Battles between an insurgent army and an advanced army - focus on strategy

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 1:42 PM – March 10, 2008, 1:54 PM

  Authors

  • Surajit Sen

    • Physics Dept, SUNY-Buffalo

  • Linda Shanahan

    • Physics Dept, SUNY-Buffalo

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• Understanding individual human mobility patterns

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 1:54 PM – March 10, 2008, 2:06 PM

  Authors

  • Marta C. Gonz\'{a}lez

    • Northeastern University

  • Cesar A. Hidalgo

    • Notre Dame University

  • Albert-L\'{a}szlo Barab\'{a}si

    • Northeastern University
    • Northeastern University and Notre Dame University

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• Epidemics with Multistrain Interactions: Cross Immunity and Antibody-Dependent Enhancement

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 2:06 PM – March 10, 2008, 2:18 PM

  Authors

  • Simone Bianco

    • College of William and Mary

  • Leah Shaw

    • College of William and Mary

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• Panic reactions and global disease dynamics

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 2:18 PM – March 10, 2008, 2:30 PM

  Authors

  • Rafael Brune

    • Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Goettingen, Germany

  • Christian Thiemann

    • Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Goettingen, Germany

  • Bernd Blasius

    • ICBM Oldenburg, Germany

  • Theo Geisel

    • Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Goettingen, Germany

  • Dirk Brockmann

    • Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Goettingen, Germany

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• Fractal Hearts are Healthy Hearts---Are Fractal Companies Healthy Companies?

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 2:30 PM – March 10, 2008, 2:42 PM

  Authors

  • Bronson Argyle

    • Brigham Young University

  • Gus L.W. Hart

    • Brigham Young University

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• Economic Fluctuations and Statistical Physics: Quantifying Extremely Rare and Much Less Rare Events

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 10, 2008, 2:42 PM – March 10, 2008, 3:18 PM

  Authors

  • H. Eugene Stanley

    • Boston University

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• Nonstationary increments and variable diffusion processes in financial markets

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 3:18 PM – March 10, 2008, 3:30 PM

  Authors

  • Joseph L. McCauley

    • University of Houston

  • Kevin E. Bassler

    • University of Houston

  • Gemunu H. Gunaratne

    • University of Houston

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• A Model for Nonstationary Market Dynamics with Nontrivial Dynamical Scaling

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 3:30 PM – March 10, 2008, 3:42 PM

  Authors

  • Min Liu

    • University of Houston

  • Kevin E. Bassler

    • University of Houston

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• path integral approach to closed form pricing formulas in the Heston framework.

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 3:42 PM – March 10, 2008, 3:54 PM

  Authors

  • Damiaan Lemmens

    • Universiteit Antwerpen

  • Michiel Wouters

    • Universiteit Antwerpen

  • Jacques Tempere

    • Universiteit Antwerpen

  • Sven Foulon

    • KBC Bank

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• Modeling income distribution as a sum of additive and multiplicative stochastic processes

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 3:54 PM – March 10, 2008, 4:06 PM

  Authors

  • Anand Banerjee

    • University of Maryland

  • Victor Yakovenko

    • University of Maryland
    • Department of Physics, University of Maryland

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• Power-law behavior and condensation phenomena in disordered urn models: Analysis and its application to macro-economics

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 4:06 PM – March 10, 2008, 4:18 PM

  Authors

  • Jun-ichi Inoue

    • Hokkaido University

  • Jun Ohkubo

    • Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo

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• The Macro Model of the Inequality Process and the Surging Relative Frequency of Large Wage Incomes

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 4:18 PM – March 10, 2008, 4:30 PM

  Authors

  • John Angle

    • Inequality Process Institute, Maryland, USA

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