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Jul 01, 2025
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Fall 2025 Graduate Catalog
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AMS 514 - Computational Finance
Review of foundations: stochastic calculus, martingales, pricing, and arbitrage. Basic principles of Monte Carlo and the efficiency and effectiveness of simulation estimators. Generation of pseudo- and quasi-random numbers with sampling methods and distributions. Variance reduction techniques such as control variates, antithetic variates, stratified and Latin hypercube sampling, and importance sampling. Discretization methods including first and second order methods, trees, jumps, and barrier crossings. Applications in pricing American options, interest rate sensitive derivatives, mortgage-backed securities and risk management. Whenever practical examples will use real market data. Extensive numerical exercises and projects in a general programming environment will also be assigned.
3 credits
Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)
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