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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299657803321

Autore

Belomestny Denis

Titolo

Advanced Simulation-Based Methods for Optimal Stopping and Control : With Applications in Finance / / by Denis Belomestny, John Schoenmakers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9781137033512

1137033517

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 364 p. 14 illus.)

Disciplina

658.15

Soggetti

Business enterprises - Finance

Mathematics

Mathematical models

Corporate Finance

Applications of Mathematics

Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction 2 -- Basics of Monte Carlo methods 3 -- Basics of standard optimal stopping, multiple stopping, and optimal control problem 4 -- Dual representations for standard optimal stopping, multiple stopping, and optimal control problems. 5 -- Primal algorithms for optimal stopping problems: regression algorithms, optimization algorithms, policy iteration. Extensions to multiple stopping, examples. 6 -- Multilevel primal algorithms. 7 -- Multilevel dual algorithms 8 -- Convergence analysis of primal algorithms. 9 -- Convergence analysis of dual algorithms. 10 -- Consumption based approaches. 11 -- Dimension reduction for primal algorithms. 12 -- Variance reduction for dual algorithms. 13 -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This is an advanced guide to optimal stopping and control, focusing on advanced Monte Carlo simulation and its application to finance. Written for quantitative finance practitioners and researchers in academia, the book looks at the classical simulation based algorithms before



introducing some of the new, cutting edge approaches under development.