Computational Methods in Finance
2nd Edition
Published on 30. August 2024
Book
Hardback
622 pages
978-1-4987-7860-2 (ISBN)
Description
Computational Methods in Finance is a book developed from the author's courses at Columbia University and the Courant Institute of New York University. This self-contained text is designed for graduate students in financial engineering and mathematical finance, as well as practitioners in the financial industry. It will help readers accurately price a vast array of derivatives.
This new edition has been thoroughly revised throughout to bring it up to date with recent developments. It features numerous new exercises and examples, as well as two entirely new chapters on machine learning.
Features
Explains how to solve complex functional equations through numerical methods
Includes dozens of challenging exercises
Suitable as a graduate-level textbook for financial engineering and financial mathematics or as a professional resource for working quants
This new edition has been thoroughly revised throughout to bring it up to date with recent developments. It features numerous new exercises and examples, as well as two entirely new chapters on machine learning.
Features
Explains how to solve complex functional equations through numerical methods
Includes dozens of challenging exercises
Suitable as a graduate-level textbook for financial engineering and financial mathematics or as a professional resource for working quants
Reviews / Votes
Praise for the Previous Edition"The depth and breadth of this stand-alone textbook on computational methods in finance is astonishing. It brings together a full-spectrum of methods with many practical examples. ... the purpose of the book is to aid the understanding and solving of current problems in computational finance. ... an excellent synthesis of numerical methods needed for solving practical problems in finance. This book provides plenty of exercises and realistic case studies. Those who work through them will gain a deep understanding of the modern computational methods in finance. This uniquely comprehensive and well-written book will undoubtedly prove invaluable to many researchers and practitioners. In addition, it seems to be an excellent teaching book."
-Lasse Koskinen, International Statistical Review (2013), 81
"... there are several sections on topics that are rarely treated in textbooks: saddle point approximations, numerical solution of PIDEs, and others. There is also extensive material on model calibration, including interest rate models and filtering approaches. The book is a very comprehensive and useful reference for anyone, even with limited mathematical background, who wishes to quickly understand techniques from computational finance."
-Stefan Gerhold, Zentralblatt MATH 1260
"A natural polymath, the author is at once a teacher, a trader, a quant, and now an author of a book for the ages. The content reflects the author's vast experience teaching master's level courses at Columbia and NYU, while simultaneously researching and trading on quantitative finance in leading banks and hedge funds."
-Dr. Peter Carr, Global Head of Market Modeling, Morgan Stanley, and Executive Director of Masters in Math Finance, NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
"A long-time expert in computational finance, Ali Hirsa brings his excellent expository skills to bear on not just one technique but the whole panoply, from finite difference solutions to PDEs/PIDEs through simulation to calibration and parameter estimation."
-Emanuel Derman, professor at Columbia University and author of Models Behaving Badly
More details
Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Boca Raton
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Professional Training
Illustrations
87 s/w Abbildungen, 52 farbige Abbildungen, 87 s/w Zeichnungen, 52 farbige Zeichnungen, 94 s/w Tabellen
94 Tables, black and white; 52 Line drawings, color; 87 Line drawings, black and white; 52 Illustrations, color; 87 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Weight
1388 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4987-7860-2 (9781498778602)
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Additional editions
Ali Hirsa
Computational Methods in Finance
E-Book
08/2024
2nd Edition
Chapman & Hall/CRC
€96.49
Available for download
Ali Hirsa
Computational Methods in Finance
E-Book
08/2024
2nd Edition
Chapman & Hall/CRC
€96.49
Available for download
Previous edition
Ali Hirsa
Computational Methods in Finance
Book
09/2012
1st Edition
CRC Press
€135.50
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Person
Ali Hirsa is a Professor and director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence in Business Analytics and Financial Technology and director of the Financial Engineering Program in the Industrial Engineering & Operations Research Department at Columbia University in the City of New York. He is also Chief Scientific Officer at ASK2.ai and Managing Partner at Sauma Capital, LLC, a New York Hedge Fund. Previously he was a Partner and Head of Analytical Trading Strategy at Caspian Capital Management, LLC. Ali has worked in a variety of quantitative positions at Morgan Stanley, DV Trading, Banc of America Securities, and Prudential Securities. Ali was also a Fellow at Courant Institute of New York University in the Mathematics of Finance Program from 2004 to 2014. Ali is the author of "Computational Methods in Finance," Chapman & Hall/CRC 2012, co-author of "An Introduction to Mathematics of Financial Derivatives," third edition, Academic Press with Salih Neftci, and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Investment Strategies. He is a frequent speaker at academic and practitioner conferences. Ali received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Maryland at College Park under the supervision of Professors Howard C. Elman and Dilip B. Madan.
Content
Stochastic Processes and Risk-Neutral Pricing. Derivatives Pricing via Transform Techniques. Introduction to Finite Differences. Derivative Pricing via Numerical Solutions of PDEs. Derivative Pricing via Numerical Solutions of PIDEs. Credit Derivatives and Loan Models. Simulation Methods for Derivatives Pricing. Model Calibration. Filtering and Parameter Estimation.