Informatica II
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Description
Il corso è tenuto in inglese.
Objectives:
The goal of this course is to introduce the students to computational tools and basic principles of programming. The course will be taught in English. At the end of the course they should be able to solve simple econometric, financial, or economic problems using data analysis and numerical methods. This course builds on the material presented in Matematica I and Matematica II, Statistica I and Informatica I including matrix calculus, function optimization, simulation, and solving nonlinear equations.
Content:
The detailed contents are as follows:
- An introduction to R
- Algebraic and logical operators
- R functions
- Flow control
- Numerical algorithms
- Optimization
- Application of linear algebra in econometrics
- Working with data
- Graphical representation of data
- Introduction to simulation
- Writing complete research reports using R markdown
Literature:
Slides and sample programs will be distributed on the icorsi platform. Further we will make use of “An Introduction to R” available free of charge from https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.pdf
Education
- Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Specialised course, 2nd year
