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Ronald W. Shonkwiler - Finance with Monte Carlo (Springer Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics and Technology) - 9781461485100 - V9781461485100
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Finance with Monte Carlo (Springer Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics and Technology)

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Description for Finance with Monte Carlo (Springer Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics and Technology) Hardcover.

This text introduces upper division undergraduate/beginning graduate students in mathematics, finance, or economics, to the core topics of a beginning course in finance/financial engineering. Particular emphasis is placed on exploiting the power of the Monte Carlo method to illustrate and explore financial principles. Monte Carlo is the uniquely appropriate tool for modeling the random factors that drive financial markets and simulating their implications.

The Monte Carlo method is introduced early and it is used in conjunction with the geometric Brownian motion model (GBM) to illustrate and analyze the topics covered in the remainder of the text. Placing focus on Monte Carlo ... Read more

Coverage includes investment science, mean-variance portfolio theory, option pricing principles, exotic options, option trading strategies, jump diffusion and exponential Lévy alternative models, and the Kelly criterion for maximizing investment growth.

Novel features:

  • inclusion of both portfolio theory and contingent claim analysis in a single text
  • pricing methodology for exotic options
  • expectation analysis of option trading strategies
  • pricing models that transcend the Black–Scholes framework
  • optimizing investment allocations
  • concepts thoroughly explored through numerous simulation exercises
  • numerous worked examples and illustrations

The mathematical background required is a year and one-half course in calculus, matrix algebra covering solutions of linear systems, and a knowledge of probability including expectation, densities and the normal distribution. A refresher for these topics is presented in the Appendices. The programming background needed is how to code branching, loops and subroutines in some mathematical or general purpose language.

The mathematical background required is a year and one-half course in calculus, matrix algebra covering solutions of linear systems, and a knowledge of probability including expectation, densities and the normal distribution. A refresher for these topics is presented in the Appendices. The programming background needed is how to code branching, loops and subroutines in some mathematical or general purpose language.

Also by the author: (with F. Mendivil) Explorations in Monte Carlo, ©2009, ISBN: 978-0-387-87836-2; (with J. Herod) Mathematical Biology: An Introduction with Maple and Matlab, Second edition, ©2009, ISBN: 978-0-387-70983-3.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461485100
SKU
V9781461485100
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Ronald W. Shonkwiler
Ronald W. Shonkwiler is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Mathematics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his Masters in Mathematics in 1967, and then his PH.D. in Mathematics in 1970 from the University of Colorado, Boulder. His research includes optimization by Monte Carlo methods, computer geometry, fractal geometry, mathematical epidemiology, neural networks, and mathematical finance. Ronald ... Read more

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