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Threadneedle takes a new approach to Economic research, examining economic structures as distributed systems and grounding them in network analysis and information theory. It is the first fully open-source software for simulating economies based on an accurate reproduction of the double entry book keeping transactions used by all modern banks. Sciences such as Physics, Chemistry, and Computer Science, have proceeded by detailed investigation and experimentation with the micro-structure of their fields to build up the considerable foundations on which they are currently based. As there is as yet no theory for the 'atomic level" of economics, its methodology has taken a different path, and a number of economic phenomena and crises are left unexplained.
We believe that developing detailed simulations of the economy, based on individual financial transactions and market based pricing, can begin to address the current impasse in which (macro-)economics has found itself. Our approach is grounded in the scientific method, and we welcome collaboration with people who share our vision of developing a basis for economic investigation based on the scientific method. If you would like to contribute or collaborate in this endeavour, please contact Dr. Jacky Mallett ([email protected])
Threadneedle has been funded by the Icelandic Institute of Intelligent Machines on the initiative of its Principle Investigator and Senior Researcher Dr. Jacky Mallett, and IIIM's Director Dr. Kris R. Thórisson. IIIM has benefited from competitive research grants organized by the Science and Technology Policy Board of Iceland and administered by Rannís, Iceland.
- [Getting Started] (https://github.com/jackymallett/Threadneedle/wiki/Getting-Started)
- Instructions for Eclipse Users
- User Guide for Threadneedle
- Programming Guide for Threadneedle
- Introduction to Economic Simulation(Work in Progress)
- [Detailed description of Banking Operations used in Threadneedle Jacky Mallett] (http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.1583)
- Threadneedle: Tool for the simulation and analysis of banking systems Jacky Mallett
Please use these papers for citations. The author can be contacted at [email protected] if you wish to discuss commercial licensing and availability, collaboration or courses and seminars on banking and finance using Threadneedle.
Author: Jacky Mallett ([email protected])
David Gudjonsson (Branch Banking)
Jordi Bieger (Bug fixes, Windows compatibility)
Thröstur Thorarensen (Stock Market)
THREADNEEDLE Simulation Framework developed by Jacky Mallett, Ph.D.
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