Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics

This book provides a brief yet rigorous introduction to various quantitative methods used in economic decision-making. It has no prerequisites other than high school algebra. The book begins with matrix algebra and calculus, which are then used in the book's core modes. Once the reader grasps matrix theory and calculus, the quantitative models can be understood easily, and for each model there are many solved examples related to business and economic applications. chapterOne Vectors and Matrices; chapterTwo Derivatives and Applications; chapterThree The Input-Output Model; chapterFour Optimization Theory: The Calculus Approach; chapterFive The Inventory Model; chapterSix Dynamic Techniques; chapterSeven Linear Programming I: The Simplex Method; chapterEight Linear Programming II: Sensitivity Analysis, Duality, and Integer Programming; chapterNine Decision Analysis; chapterTen Game Theory; chapterEleven Markov Chains; chapterTwelve The General Linear Model;