Herbert Scarf s Contributions to Economics, Game Theory and - Operations Researc

Informationen zum Autor Professor Zaifu Yang holds a chair in Economics at the University of York, UK. He has widely published in economics, game theory, operations research and applied mathematics. His articles have appeared in Econometrica , Journal of Economic Theory , Mathematics of Operations Research , Journal of Combinatorial Theory , and SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization among other leading academic journals. Klappentext Herbert Scarf is a distinguished economist and has made a number of extraordinarily significant contributions to economics, game theory and operations research. This work has generated a major research field in economics termed Applied General Equilibrium Analysis. This book comprises all his research articles and consists of four volumes. Zusammenfassung Herbert Scarf is a distinguished economist and has made a number of extraordinarily significant contributions to economics! game theory and operations research. This work has generated a major research field in economics termed Applied General Equilibrium Analysis. This book comprises all his research articles and consists of four volumes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Zaifu Yang 1. The Approximation of Fixed Points of a Continuous Mapping 2. An Example of an Algorithm for Calculating General Equilibrium Prices 3. An Algorithm for a Class of Nonconvex Programming Problems 4. The Solution of Systems of Piecewise Linear Equations 5. The Computation of Equilibrium Prices: An Exposition 6. Mathematical Programming and Economic Theory 7. The Origins of Fixed Point Methods 8. How to Compute Equilibrium Prices in 1891 9. The Computation of Equilibria for the Walrasian Model: A Personal Account

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Professor Zaifu Yang holds a chair in Economics at the University of York, UK. He has widely published in economics, game theory, operations research and applied mathematics. His articles have appeared in Econometrica, Journal of Economic Theory, Mathematics of Operations Research, Journal of Combinatorial Theory, and SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization among other leading academic journals.

Product details

• Authors: Z. Yang, Zaifu Yang, Yang Z
• Assisted by: Yang (Editor), Z Yang (Editor), Z. Yang (Editor), Zaifu Yang (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.09.2013
• EAN: 9781137024435
• ISBN: 978-1-137-02443-5
• No. of pages: 213
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Spieltheorie, Mikroökonomie, B, Ökonometrie und Wirtschaftsstatistik, macroeconomics, Economic Theory, Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences, game theory, Monetary Economics, Management science, Quantitative Economics, Microeconomics, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Econometrics & economic statistics, Econometrics