Part I: Introductory Matter -- 1.Utility and Demand -- 2.Elements of Production -- Part II: Models -- 3.Cournot I: Constant Returns -- 4.Cournot II: Returns to Scale and Stability -- Bertrand -- 6.Stackelberg -- 7.Hotelling Duopoly -- 8.Disequilibrium Trade and Pricing of Durable Commodities --...

The Second Edition of this book presents the state of the art in this important field. Marketing decision models constitute a core component of the marketing discipline and the area is changing rapidly, not only due to fundamental advances in methodology and model building, but also because of...

This book contains the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Modeling and Simulation in Engineering, Economics and Management, MS 2016, held in Teruel, Spain, in July 2016. The event was co-organized by the AMSE Association and the University of Zaragoza through the GESES...

This textbook connects three vibrant areas at the interface between economics and computer science: algorithmic game theory, computational social choice, and fair division. It thus offers an interdisciplinary treatment of collective decision making from an economic and computational perspective....

How to Make a Decision -- The Seven Pillars of the Analytic Hierarchy Process -- Architectural Design -- Why is the Principal Eigenvector Necessary? -- Designing a Mousetrap -- Designing the Best Catamaran -- The Selection of a Bridge -- Measuring Dependence Between Activities: Input Output...

The Underlying Thesis -- How Long and How Much Endowing One Commodity -- Keeping the Endowment Above a Viability Threshold -- Uncertain Endowments and Economic Cycles -- Evolutions and their Temporal Windows -- Endowing Fundamental Values:Willingness To Pay -- Endowing Exchange Values: Adam...

Introduction -- Elements of Nonlinear Programming -- Elements of Graph Theory -- Programs with Network Structure -- Near-Network and Large-Scale Programs -- Normative Network Models and Their Solution -- Nash Games -- Network Traffic Assignment -- Spatial Price Equilibrium on Networks -- Network...

Mathematical Models of Distribution Channelsidentifies eight 'Channel Myths' that characterize almost all analytical research on distribution channels. The authors prove that models that incorporate one or more Channel Myths generate distorted conclusions; they also develop a methodology that...