Module 5 Mathematical Tools: Determinants and Matrices

Learning Objectives

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  1. M5.1 Add, subtract, multiply, and transpose matrices. Use matrices to represent a system of equations.

  2. M5.2 Calculate the determinant, the matrix of cofactors, and adjoint of a matrix.

  3. M5.3 Determine the inverse of a matrix.

Two new mathematical concepts, matrices and determinants, are introduced in this module. These tools are especially useful in Chapter 14, which deals with Markov analysis and game theory, but they are also handy computational aids for many other quantitative analysis problems, including linear programming, the topic of Chapters 7 and 8.

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