help ipolate
Nick
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xiao yi
> I need help on a linear interpolation problem. Each
> firm has a piecewise linear supply schedule specifying
> the price and quantity they would like to offer. The
> supply schedule looks like this:
>
> Price Quantity
> p1 q1
> p2 q2
> p3 q3
> p4 q4
>
> The (p,q) are aranged in an ascending order. The
> supply schedule can have as many as 20 (p,q) pairs.
> For a market equilibrium price a, I need to find the
> corresponding q(a). Mathematically, the q(a) would be:
>
> if a<p1, then q(a)=0
> if p1<a<p2, then q(a)=q1+{(q2-q1)*(a-p1)/(p2-p1)}
> similarly,
> if p2<a<p3, then q(a)=q2+{(q3-q2)*(a-p2)/(p3-p2)}
> and so on.
> if a>p4, then q(a)=q4 (suppose p4 is the max(p))
>
> Because I have hands of firms and several years of
> data, I would like to program this. Can anyone on the
> list give me a hand on the step of linear
> interpolation? The rest can be done using do-loops.
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