CENTER FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS Report No.E115 QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN SHIPPING: A SURVEY OF CURRENT USE AND FUTURE TRENDS Evangelos F.Magirou Department of Informatics Athens University of Economics and Business Harilaos N.Psaraftis Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering National Technical University of Athens Nikolaos M.Christodoulakis Department of International and European Economic Studies Athens University of Economics and Business ATHENS April 1992CENTER FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS Report No. E115 QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN SHIPPING: A SURVEY OF CURRENT USE AND FUTURE TRENDS Evangelos F. Magirou Department of Informatics Athens University of Economics and Business Harilaos N. Psaraftis Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering National Technical University of Athens Nikolaos M. Christodoulakis Department of International and European Economic Studies Athens University of Economics and Business ATHENS April 1992