IAM614 METHODS OF COMPUTATIONAL FINANCE
| Course Code: |
9700614 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(0-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Institute Of Applied Mathematics |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. ÖMÜR UÐUR |
| Offered Semester: |
Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Numerical Methods for Discrete Time Models: binomial method for options; discrete time optimal control problems. Reminders on Continuous Models: Ito process and its applications in stock market, Black-Scholes equation and its solution; Hedging, Volatility smile. Monte Carlo Method for Options: generating random numbers, transformation of random variables and generating normal variates; Monte Carlo integration; pricing by Monte Carlo integration; variance reduction techniques, quasi-random numbers and quasi-Monte Carlo method. Finite Difference Methods for Options: explicit and implicit finite difference schemes, Crank-Nicolson method; Free-Boundary Problems for American options. Finite Difference Methods for Control Problems: Markov Chain approximation method, elliptic Hamiltion-Jacobi-Bellman equations, computational methods.
