Videos: Mathematical Programming and Software | |
Program01 | Introduction to Linear Programming |
Program02 | Introduction to the Simplex Algorithm |
Program03 | Simplex (cont.) |
Program04 | Discussion of shadow prices and Karsh-Kuhn-Tucker conditions |
Program05 | Introduction to R programming |
Program06 | Intro to R Studio, R programming and solving LP problems in R |
Software
INFORMATION ABOUT R (here)
Free R books, incl. “Modeling & Solving LP with R”
R-Bloggers: http://www.r-bloggers.com/
IcebreakR & other R stuff from Andrew Robinson: http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~andrewpr/r-users/
Tom Short’s R reference card: https://cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/Short-refcard.pdf
R Code required to call and run GAMS within R (path command will vary by computer):
cmd = paste(“C:\\GAMS\\win64\\24.1\\gams.exe”, “FileName.gms”, “lo=2”)
system(cmd)
NOTE: “lo=2′ sends the screen output to a file; you could also try “lo=3” or omit option.
Online GAMS training toolbox available on AGRODEP website: http://www.agrodep.org/model/gams-training-toolbox
OR YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLku5ll-czTTjWoNBcvOpMl2U_vjXF8iH-
Link here for a tutorial on using GAMS (UVic user name and password required)
Algorithm that runs the world (pdf) (UVic user name and password required)
Article on Bayes Theorem in Scientific American
Mixed complementarity programming references with links:
Deaton, A. (1991). Saving and liquidity constraints. Econometrica, 59(5), 1221-1248.