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Numerical Techniques in Economics
Stephen Ryan
Thu Jan 26, 09:30-10:30am, E51-372

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

This talk will focus on introducing people to a variety of numerical techniques that can be useful in economic research. I will cover a little background on programming compiled languages versus interpreted environments like Matlab, equation solving and function minimization, dynamic programming, numerical integration and differentiation, and some references for further work.
Contact: Denise MacDougall, E52-352, x3-3971, dmac@mit.edu
Sponsor: Economics
Latest update: 01-Dec-2005


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