SAN JOSÉ STATE UNIVERSITY
ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT

Green Sheet

ECON 220
COMPUTATIONAL ECONOMICS
Thayer Watkins
Websites: http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/econ220.htm
http://arachne.sjsu.edu:8900

Spring 2000
Office: DMH 214
Hours: MWF 1330-1530

This courses covers linear programming and its extensions such as integer and mixed programming and their applications to economics. The course uses the software package GAMS (Generalized Algebraic Modeling System) created by the World Bank to solve programming problems. The course also uses nonlinear programming, but GAMS capabilities in this are are limited. The course also covers computable general equilibrium models and the group theoretic approach to integer programming.

The first homework assignments.

Text:
Gerald L. Thompson and Sten Thore Computational Economics