Euro is the "Association of European Operational Research Societies"
within IFORS, the "International Federation of Operational Research Societies"
EWG MODEST, Modelling of economies and societies in transition
| Name | EWG MODEST, Modelling of economies and societies in transition |
|---|---|
| Announcement | The next MODEST Workshop - Warsaw, September 17-19, 2012 (Monday through Wednesday), at Palais Staszic, very downtown Warsaw, in the framework of BOS 2012 conference of the Polish Operational and Systems Research Society. Feel invited! |
| Website | http://www.ptbois.org.pl/modest.htm |
| Newsletter | MODEST Newsletter is being issued once or twice a year. Until now fifteen issues were produced, the last one in winter 2011/2012. |
| Coordinator | Dr. Zbigniew Nahorski nahorski@ibspan.waw.pl Polish Academy of Sci. Systems Research Inst Phone: +48.22.8364103 Fax: +48.22.8372772 |
| Coordinator | Dr. Jan Wojciech Owsinski owsinski@ibspan.waw.pl Polish Acad. of Sciences Systems Research Institute Phone: +48 22 364 103 Fax: +48 22 372 772 |
| Purpose and history | The MODEST working group convenes specialists in mathematical and computer modelling, who are especially interested in modelling and analysis of the economic and social transformation processes taking place in the modern world, with explicit emphasis on the processes taking place in the Central and Eastern parts of Europe. It is the purpose of the Working Group to be a forum for exchange of ideas and experiences in this domain, and also to identify those areas where the most acute gaps exist and where modelling is feasible, and to formulate as well as promote research projects for such areas. The modelling that MODEST is most interested in is the pragmatic one (whether macro- or micro-economic, simple regression or complex dynamic, analytic or simulation, but oriented at definite currently debated and crucial questions, as well as based upon real data or real-life guesses). Yet, theoretical models (for example, economico-political ones, based on game theory) are by no means excluded from the MODEST's perspective. The Working Group was established in the Spring of 1994 as an informal body. By Summer 1994, it reached the critical mass in terms of international and interdisciplinary character of the core membership. In Fall 1994, MODEST was granted affiliation with the Technical Committee of the International Federation of Automatic Control dealing with "Dynamic Modelling of National and Regional Economies", headed by Professor Berc Rustem from London and, following this, it was proposed that Professor Zbigniew Nahorski would serve as the Vice-Chair of this Technical Committee. In January 1995, MODEST was granted, to our great satisfaction, the Working Group status with EURO. These two affiliations allow the Group to maintain the connection with two international communities, which are essential for the methodology and implementation of modelling approaches and projects. MODEST is, locally, institutionally assisted by the Polish Operational and System Research Society, The Interfaces Institute Co. in Warsaw, and by the Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. |
| Members | At around 105 as of Winter 2011/2012. |
| Past activities | ACTIVITIES 2011: After the last MODEST Workshop on September 20-21, 2010 in Bydgoszcz, held within the framework of the bi-annual conference of the Polish Operational and Systems Research Society, BOS 2010, ran in collaboration with the Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the University of Economic and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz, preparations for a book started. The papers, presented in the framework of MODEST Workshop, were published in vol. 34 of the "Studies and Proceedings of the Polish Association for Knowledge Management". The papers from the preceding MODEST Workshop, MODEST 2008 appeared in two special journal issues, one with the journal Operational Research and Decision Making, published in Wroclaw, Poland (no. 4/2009, entitled "Decision Making in Politics and Business"), and the other one with the British periodical - Journal of Organisational Transformation & Social Change (Intellect), issue entitled "Corruption and Good Governance" (7:2). |
| Future activities | Next MODEST Workshop, MODEST 2012, on September 17-19, 2012, in Warsaw, Palais Staszic, in the very heart of historical Warsaw, organised in the framework of the BOS 2012 conference of the Polish Operational and Systems Research Society. Also, publication of a book, based largely upon the papers from MODEST 2010, with other authors invited to contribute. |
| Publications | Most recent publication (MODEST 2010): Owsinski, J. W., ed: Studies and Proceedings – Polish Association for Knowledge Management, 34. Issue on: MODEST: MODelling of Economies & Societies in Transition – ICT and its impacts – economy – environment – patterns in management, 2010, 118 pages. ISSN 1732-324X Content: Amel Attour and Christian Longhi: Local innovation policies in services: the role of municipalities in the implementation of e-government Jan W. Owsinski, Aneta M. Pielak, Krzysztof Sep, Rafal Ponichtera: TIROLS: local Web-based networks centred on self-governmental websites vs. local activity – a project outline Helena Lindskog, Staffan Brege, Per Olof Brehmer: Consequences of electronic public procurement Ken Morita, Yun Chen: Transition, disparity and efficiency: on the Yangtze River Delta models of transition Jan Gadomski, Zbigniew Nahorski: Impact of the emission limiting policy on technological conversion and macroeconomic structure Piotr Wojewnik, Kamil Zarychto: The impact of happiness capital on economic growth Wojciech Kozlowski, Piotr Piekos: Identification of simple monetary policy rules with the use of heuristic methods of data analysis Artur Pluska, Przemyslaw Szufel: Determinants of the maturity structure of the public securities issuance Agnieszka Glówka, Justyna Jodis, Tomasz Szapiro: Generation of decision rules binding managers’ remuneration and firms’ financial efficiency The preceding important book was: Zbigniew Nahorski, Jan W. Owsinski, Tomasz Szapiro, eds., "The Socio-Economic Transformation: Getting Closer to What?". Palgrave-Macmillan, 2007, ISBN 13: 978-0-230-00794-9. |
| Last modification | 2011-12-22 |
