Quantitative Methods

by Douglas Downing, Jeff Clark, G. Thomas Friedlob

Covers equation solving, linear programming, transportation and assignment problems, integer programming, probability, random variables, and game, inventory, queue, and decision theory

Paperback

First published May 1, 1988

About the author

Douglas Downing is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Seattle Pacific University, where he taught from 1983 to 2018. He holds a BS and a PhD in economics from Yale University. At SPU, he taught economics, quantitative methods, astronomy, and globalization. Dr. Downing also served in various leadership roles and authored 15 books, including a trilogy of math adventure novels. His 2015 book, Freedom, Opportunity, and Security, explores the relationship between economic policy and the political system.