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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792137903321

Autore

Wang Hui

Titolo

Monte carlo simulation with applications to finance / / by Hui Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Chapman and Hall/CRC, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2012

ISBN

0-429-09524-4

1-4398-5824-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Collana

Chapman and Hall/CRC Financial Mathematics Series

Classificazione

BUS027000MAT000000MAT029000

Disciplina

332.01/518282

Soggetti

Finance - Mathematical methods

Monte Carlo method

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preface; Contents; 1. Review of Probability; 2. Brownian Motion; 3. Arbitrage Free Pricing; 4. Monte Carlo Simulation; 5. Generating Random Variables; 6. Variance Reduction Techniques; 7. Importance Sampling; 8. Stochastic Calculus; 9. Simulation of Diffusions; 10. Sensitivity Analysis; A. Multivariate Normal Distributions; B. American Option Pricing; C. Option Pricing Formulas; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Developed from the author’s course on Monte Carlo simulation at Brown University, Monte Carlo Simulation with Applications to Finance provides a self-contained introduction to Monte Carlo methods in financial engineering. It is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students taking a one-semester course or for practitioners in the financial industry.