Organisms as Economic Agents

Humans often wonder why organisms and/or individuals do what they do and why. However, this is no easy question to answer. But modern research and studies are beginning to get a handle on the complexity of organism behavior and their reasons for acting the way they do. A good approach to understand this topic is to relate the situation to humans and our economic actions; organisms act as economic agents. It is well known …

…existence is to create models and develop theories. Models allow us to mathematically and spatially understand some of these concepts, and the theories we try to postulate give a way for humans to relate to the workings of other organisms. As this article has discussed, whether foraging for food, hiding from a predator, or just surviving among other individuals, organisms will always take on the optimally beneficial action or behavior. <Tab/>