David C Vella

Invitation to Linear Programming and Game Theory

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Students will learn how to apply mathematics to practical real-life questions in business, economics, and the social sciences by modelling linear optimization problems and strategic games. Designed as an enrichment course, the book only assumes basic knowledge of high school algebra and a pinch of curiosity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: European Community
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1057g
• ISBN-13: 9781108476256
• ISBN-10: 1108476252
• Artikelnr.: 60479629

Autorenporträt

David C. Vella is Professor and Associate Chair of Mathematics at Skidmore College, New York. He has taught college mathematics for over thirty-five years, and has been an organizer of the Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (HRUMC) since its inception in 1993. He is a member of the AMS, the MAA, and a charter member of the New York Alpha Theta chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon. His Erd¿s number is four.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Preliminaries
2. Matrix Algebra
3. Graphical Linear Programming
4. Sensitivity Analysis and Duality
5. The Simplex Algorithm
6. Game Theory
7. More Game Theory
8. Sensitivity Analysis, Ordinal and n-Person Games
9. More Linear Programming
10. Appendix: A Rapid Review of Sets and Probability.