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Undergraduate Record 2014-2015 
    
Undergraduate Record 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

SYS 4044 - Economics of Engineering Systems


This course is an introduction to the theory of the industrial organization (from a game-theoretic perspective) and its applications to industries with strong engineering content (electricity, telecommunications, software & hardware etc.) Topics include: congestion pricing in networks, pricing and efficiency in electricity markets, planned obsolescence in software development, “network” effects and the dynamics of technology adoption etc. Prerequisites: ECON 2010, APMA 3100 or 3110



Credits: 3