Business Economics and Finance with MATLAB, GIS, and Simulation Models

This book provides a unique overview of advanced methods for solving problems in business, economics, and finance. It describes techniques, often using MATLAB and Simulink models, for finance, business valuation, retail sales prediction, tax policy, location analysis, economic impact, public policy, and other challenges faced by executives, investors, and economists on a daily basis. It offers groundbreaking insight into remotely hosted models run over the Internet, as well as the integration of geographic information. By following this blueprint, readers will be able to direct tremendously higher computational power toward the challenges of business, economics, and finance.