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Zhengzheng Pan

Postdoctoral Research Associate, NDSSL, VBI.

Professional Preparation

  • Virginia Tech, Ph.D., Economics, 2009.
  • Virginia Tech, M.A. Economics, 2006.
  • Zhejiang University, B.E. Computer Science with Honor, Certificate Mathematics, 2005.

Research Interests

    Zhengzheng's research focuses on theoretical modeling and simulation implementation that illustrates individuals' decision-making process and behavior patterns in the framework of evolving social networks. The goal is to show how individuals influence and get influenced by other members in the same network, as well as the accumulative outcomes of such a collective decision-making process. Dynamics of social networks, information dissemination and opinion formation in social networks, game theory, collective decision-making and computational economics.

Selected Publications

  • Z. Pan. Trust, Influence and Convergence of Behavior in Social Networks. Mathematical Social Sciences, In press 2009.
  • Z Pan. Agent Based Simulation of Artificial Foreign Market Pricing. Brochure of the 13th International Conference on Computing in Economics and Finance, 2007.
  • Z Pan. Application of Network Theory: Integrate Small Farms in Developing Countries into the Global Supply Chain. Report for International Food Policy Research Institute, 2006.
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