L. J. Moffitt and V. N. Karavas. "Evolutionary Design for Estimation of Crop Protection Protocols." Agricultural Journal (in press).
L. J. Moffitt, J. K. Stranlund, and C. D. Osteen. "Robust Detection Protocols for Uncertain Introductions of Invasive Species." Journal of Environmental Management (in press).
L. J. Moffitt, J. K. Stranlund, B. C. Field, and C. D. Osteen. "Robust Inspection for Invasive Species with a Limited Budget." in Lansink, Alfons G. J. M. Oude, (Ed.), New Approaches to the Economics of Plant Health, Amsterdam: Springer, 2007, 7-22
L. J. Moffitt and P. C. Bhowmik. "Design for Rectangular Hyperbolic Crop-Weed Competition." Annals of Applied Biology Vol. 149 (2006): 87-89.
L. J. Moffitt and C. D. Osteen. "Prioritizing Invasive Species Threats Under Uncertainty." Agricultural and Resource Economics Review Vol. 35 (2006): 41-51
L. J. Moffitt, J. K. Stranlund, and B. C. Field, "Inspections to Avert Terrorism: Robustness Under Severe Uncertainty." Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Vol. 2 (2005): No. 3, Article 3.
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L. J. Moffitt, et al., California Agricultural Research Priorities Pierce's Disease, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Washington, D. C., 2004, 161 pp.
V. N. Karavas and L. J. Moffitt, "Evolutionary Computation of a Deterministic Switching Regressions Estimator." Computational Statistics Vol. 19 (2004): 211-225.
V. N. Karavas and L. J. Moffitt. “ARMA Modeling of CTA Returns” in Commodity Trading Advisors: Risk, Performance Analysis, and Selection, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2004, 367-376.
L. J. Moffitt and C. D. Osteen, Cost Criteria in Crop Protection, A report to the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service prepared under Cooperative Agreement Number 43-3AEL-2-80090 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, (2004) 116 pp.
V. N. Karavas and L. J. Moffitt. “A Stochastic Heuristic Approach in Index Tracking” in Hedge Funds: Strategies, Risk Assessment, and Returns, Washington DC: Beard Books, 2003, 49-61.
L. J. Moffitt, "Characterizing Uncertain Outcomes with the Restricted HT Transformation," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics Vol. 34 (2002): 417-429.
P. G. Allen and L. J. Moffitt. Economic Implications of Cains Processing Facility Closing in Massachusetts. Department of Resource Economics. Unpublished manuscript (May, 2002), 40 pp.
D. C. Hall and L. J. Moffitt. eds., Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources, Amsterdam: Elsevier Science BV, 2002, 292 pp.
L. J. Moffitt, "Econometric Implications of Rectangular Hyperbolic Crop-Weed Competition," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 49 (2001): 247-257.
N. Sanneh, L. J. Moffitt, and D. A. Lass, "Stochastic Efficiency Analysis of Community Supported Agriculture Core Management Options," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Vol. 26, No. 2 (2001): 417-430.
J. D. Ogrodowczyk and L. J. Moffitt, Economic Impact of Purple Loosestrife in the United States, A report to the National Biological Control Institute prepared under Grant Number 00-8100-0542-GR at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, (2001) 65 pp.
F. Du, B. J. Morzuch, L. J. Moffitt, and P. C. Bhowmik, "Statistical Analysis of Pest Tolerant Response with Application to Corn Weed Control," American Journal of Alternative Agriculture Vol.15, No. 3 (2000):140-144.
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I teach a graduate course in Quantitative Methods. This course provides an introduction to quantitative methods used in resource economics theory and applications of the theory. The course emphasizes the popular software program Mathematica as an environment for doing, reporting, and presenting economic research. Graduate students in Resource Economics, Economics, and Management have taken the course during recent years. QuickTime can be used to view a Mathematica movie about a quantitative production model as well as the trailer for Brian Grazer's award-winning production about a mathematician and Nobel laureate in economics. I also contribute to a Seminar in Resource Economics for graduate students to introduce potential graduate research topics.
I also teach undergraduate courses in Quantitative Methods in Applied Economics and Managerial Economics in Food and Resource Industries. These courses introduce students to various quantitative decision-making techniques and enhance their ability to model managerial decision problems using quantitative techniques.
I am presently completing a research project "Robust Inspection for Invasive Species with a Limited Budget" that is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service through the PREiSM competitive grants program. I am also part of a related project "Economic Issues in Biosecurity" that is supported by the Massachusetts Agricultural Experimentation Station.
My service and outreach activities include advising agricultural agencies about the economics of crop protection programs and chairing the Herbert L. Forest Scholarship Committee.
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Much of my research is on the economics of crop protection with particular emphasis on new technology and biosecurity. The courses I teach in quantitative methods focus on the techniques used in much of my research. I am especially interested in applications of economics to biology-based crop protection and in applications of biology-based quantitative methods to economics and econometrics. 
