Explaining Economic and Social Science Phenomena Through Physical Models, Second Edition
A special issue of Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300). This special issue belongs to the section "Multidisciplinary Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 41
Special Issue Editors
Interests: quantum information processing; quantum game theory; econophysics
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Interests: quantum field theory; quantum computing; mathematical physics; game theory
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The idea that physics might play an important role in understanding and explaining various aspects of life has long been promoted by physicists in their publications. Examples of such publications include Light and Life (N. Bohr) and What Is Life? (E. Schrödinger). Recently, we have observed growing interest in modeling economic and social phenomena with physical methods. This is because traditional models used, for example, in economics have failed, especially in the face of recent crises. Attempts to find better, more accurate models have led to the emergence of entirely new fields, such as quantum information science related to quantum game theory or, more broadly, econophysics. Searching for new, more precise risk measures seems to be particularly important. Can entropy present advantages as a measure of uncertainty or risk? Do quantum games and quantum information provide us with better tools for modeling social and economic phenomena? The present Special Issue is open to novel contributions on these topics, as well as to others related to them, taking into account the wideness of physics and its applications.
Dr. Marcin Makowski
Prof. Dr. Jan Sładkowski
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- entropy and fisher information
- quantum games
- econophysics
- decision making/analysis
- quantum market game
- quantum-like models
- social science
- quantum finances
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