Many optimization questions arise in economics and finance; an important example of this is the society's choice of the optimum state of the economy (the social choice problem). Optimization in Economics and Finance extends and improves the usual optimization techniques, in a form that may be adopted for modeling social choice problems. Problems discussed include: when is an optimum reached; when is it unique; relaxation of the conventional convex (or concave) assumptions on an economic model; associated mathematical concepts such as invex and quasimax; multiobjective optimal control...
Many optimization questions arise in economics and finance; an important example of this is the society's choice of the optimum state of the econom...
In a mathematical programming problem, an optimum (maxi- mum or minimum) of a function is sought, subject to con- straints on the values of the variables. In the quarter century since G. B. Dantzig introduced the simplex method for linear programming, many real-world problems have been modelled in mathematical programming terms. Such problems often arise in economic planning - such as scheduling industrial production or transportation - but various other problems, such as the optimal control of an interplanetary rocket, are of similar kind. Often the problems involve nonlinear func- tions,...
In a mathematical programming problem, an optimum (maxi- mum or minimum) of a function is sought, subject to con- straints on the values of the variab...