AEM 7120 - [Quantitative Methods I]

Fall. 4 credits.

Prerequisite: some formal training in matrix algebra. Next offered 2012-2013.

R. N. Boisvert.

Comprehensive treatment of linear programming and its extensions, including postoptimality analysis. Topics include nonlinear programming, including separable, spatial equilibrium, and risk programming models. Discusses input-output models and their role in social accounting matrices and computable general equilibrium models. Makes applications to agricultural, resource, and regional economic problems.