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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780934503321

Autore

Markowitz Harry M. <1927-2023.>

Titolo

Harry Markowitz [[electronic resource] ] : selected works / / edited by Harry M. Markowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008

ISBN

1-282-44141-8

9786612441417

981-283-365-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (720 p.)

Collana

World Scientific nobel laureate series ; ; v. 1

Altri autori (Persone)

MarkowitzHarry M. <1927-2023.>

Disciplina

330.9

Soggetti

Investment analysis

Portfolio management

Sparse matrices

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Overview; Chapter 2 1952; Chapter 3 Rand [I] and The Cowles Foundation; Chapter 4 Rand [II] and CACI; Chapter 5 IBM's T. J. Watson Research Center; Chapter 6 Baruch College (CUNY) and Daiwa Securities; Chapter 7 Harry Markowitz Company

Sommario/riassunto

Harry M Markowitz received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1990 for his pioneering work in portfolio theory. He also received the von Neumann Prize from the Institute of Management Science and the Operations Research Institute of America in 1989 for his work in portfolio theory, sparse matrices and the SIMSCRIPT computer language. While Dr Markowitz is well-known for his work on portfolio theory, his work on sparse matrices remains an essential part of linear optimization calculations. In addition, he designed and developed SIMSCRIPT - a computer programming language. SIMSCRIPT has been widely