By H. T. Banks (auth.), Dr. Bruce J. Kirby (eds.)

This paintings (in parts), Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathe­ matical structures, quantity a hundred and five and 106, constitutes the lawsuits of the Fourteenth Biennual Seminar of the Canadian Mathematical Congress, which used to be held from August 12 to August 25, 1973 on the collage of Western Ontario, London, Ontario. The Canadian Mathematical Congr~ss has held Biennual Seminars considering that 1947, and those have coated quite a lot of issues. The Seminar stated during this book used to be involved in "Optimal keep watch over thought and its Applications", an issue selected for its lively ~rowth and its large implications for different fields. either those facets are exemplified in those complaints. a few lectures supplied first-class surveys of specific fields while others focused on the presentation of latest effects. there have been six wonderful vital academics: H.T. Banks, A.R. Dobell, H. Halkin, J.L. Lions, R.M. Thrall and W.M. Wonham, all of whom gave 5 to 10 lectures in the course of the weeks of the Seminar. with the exception of Dr. Dobell's, those will all be present in quantity one hundred and five. in addition to the important academics there have been 3 visitor teachers: M.C. Delfour, V. Jurdjevic and S.P. Sethi, who awarded tremendous our bodies of fabric in or 3 lectures and that are integrated in Volnme 106. a few of the individuals additionally spoke and studies of each one of these have additionally been incorporated (Volume 106).