TY - BOOK AU - Brandimarte,Paolo TI - Handbook in Monte Carlo simulation: applications in financial engineering, risk management, and economics T2 - Wiley handbooks in financial engineering and econometrics SN - 9780470531112 U1 - 330.01518282 23 PY - 2014/// CY - New Jersey : PB - John Wiley KW - Finance KW - Mathematical models KW - Economics KW - Monte Carlo method N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction to Monte Carlo methods-- 2. Numerical integration methods-- 3. Stochastic modeling in finance and economics-- 4. Estimation and fitting-- 5. Random variate generation-- 6. Sample path generation for continuous-time models-- 7. Output analysis-- 8. Variance reduction methods-- 9. Low-discrepancy sequences-- 10. Optimization-- 11. Option pricing-- 12. Sensitivity estimation-- 13. Risk measurement and management-- 14. Markov Chain Monte Carlo and Bayesian Statistics-- References-- Index N2 - This book presents a timely account of the applicationsof Monte Carlo methods in financial engineering and economics. Written by an international leading expert in thefield, the handbook illustrates the challenges confronting present-day financial practitioners and provides various applicationsof Monte Carlo techniques to ER -