Title:Implementing Models in Quantitative Finance: Methods and Cases 
     Authors:Gianluca Fusai & Andrea Roncoroni 
     Edition:1 edition (January 2008) 
     Format:High Quality pdf Non-scanned Version 
     Pages:619 pages 
     Publisher:Springer 
     Reference:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/3540223487/ebooksclub-20/ 
Table of Contents 
     1  Static Monte Carlo 
     2  Dynamic Monte Carlo 
     3  Dynamic Programming for Stochastic Optimization 
     4  Finite Difference Methods 
     5  Numerical Solution of Linear Systems 
     6  Quadrature Methods 
     7  The Laplace Transform 
     8  Structuring Dependence using Copula Functions 
     9  Portfolio Selection: “Optimizing” an Error 
     10 Alpha, Beta and Beyond  
     11 Automatic Trading:Winning or Losing in a kBit 
     12 Estimating the Risk-Neutral Density  
     13 An "American" Monte Carlo 
     14 Fixing Volatile Volatility 
     15 An Average Problem 
     16 Quasi-Monte Carlo: An Asian Bet 
     17 Lookback Options: A Discrete Problem 
     18 Electrifying the Price of Power 
     19 A Sparkling Option 
     20 Swinging on a Tree 
     21 Floating Mortgages 
     22 Basket Default Swaps 
     23 Scenario Simulation Using Principal Components 
     24 Parametric Estimation of Jump-Diffusions 
     25 Nonparametric Estimation of Jump-Diffusions 
     26 A Smiling GARCH 
     A Appendix: Proof of the Thinning Algorithm 
     B Appendix: Sample Problems for Monte Carlo 
     C Appendix: The Matlab Solver 
     D Appendix: Optimal Control 
     D.1 Setting up the Optimal Stopping Problem 
     D.2 Proof of the Bellman Principle of Optimality 
     D.3 Proof of the Dynamic Programming Algorithm 
     Bibliography 
     Index  |