COMPETENT APPROACH TO TEACHING THE DISCIPLINE “ECONOMICS-MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND MODELS: OPTIMIZATION METHODS AND MODELS”

Abstract

In this work, the competence approach in teaching the discipline "Economics-mathematical methods and models: optimization methods and models" is considered. This discipline belongs to the list of normative educational disciplines and is an important and integral component of the training of students of specialties 051 – Economics, 071 – Accounting and taxation, 072 – Finance, banking and insurance. The task of today's students of these specialties will be to manage and optimize the work of economic systems, find the trajectory of their development, and ensure the functioning of institutions in the direction of maximum economic efficiency. In order to meet such requirements, it is necessary to master the methods of mathematical modeling, to be able to build economic and mathematical models, to know the methods of optimizing economic processes and phenomena. Among the main competencies acquired by students of the above specialties, integral, general and special competencies are distinguished. Several topics were chosen to demonstrate how students develop these competencies: "Conceptual aspects of mathematical modeling of the economy. Formulation of the problem of mathematical programming. General economic-mathematical model of the problem of linear programming", "Simplex method for solving problems of linear programming". In the course of solving the problem, the economic interpretation of each step of the simplex algorithm was considered. It is emphasized that optimization tasks with a large number of factors should be solved with the help of modern information and software.