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Introduction to Computation for Economics (1 º Sem 2018/2019)

Code: 02877
Acronym: 02877
Level: 2nd Cycle
Basic: No
Teaching Language(s): English
Friendly languages:
Be English-friendly or any other language-friendly means that UC is taught in a language but can either of the following conditions:
1. There are support materials in English / other language;
2. There are exercises, tests and exams in English / other language;
3. There is a possibility to present written or oral work in English / other language.
1 0 0.0 h/sem 6.0 h/sem 0.0 h/sem 0.0 h/sem 0.0 h/sem 0.0 h/sem 1.0 h/sem 7.0 h/sem 143.0 h/sem 0.0 h/sem 150.0 h/sem
Since year 2018/2019
Pre-requisites N.a
Objectives The main purpose of this course is to enable students with the basic concepts of programming in MATLAB for economic models.
Program 1. Introduction to MATLAB
2. Variables and basic operations
3. Indexing and manipulating matrices
4. Control statements
5. Functions
6. Charts
7. Importing and exporting data
Evaluation Method N.a.
Teaching Method During the learning-teaching term each student should acquire programming skills in MATLAB, according to the established learning outcomes for this unit.
To contribute to the acquisition of these skills the following learning methodologies (LM) will be used:
1. Experimental laboratory, with practical application using MATLAB
2. Self-study
Observations
Basic Bibliographic Lecture notes
Gilat, A. (2014). MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications, 5th edition.Wiley.
Hunt, B.R., Lipsman, R.L., and Rosen, J.M. (2014). A Guide to MATLAB for Beginners and Experienced Users, 3rd edition. Cambridge University Press.
Complementar Bibliographic Brandimarte, P. (2006). Numerical Methods in Finance and Economics: A MATLAB-Based Introduction, 2nd edition. Wiley.