The University of New South Wales

go to UNSW home page

Postgraduate Handbook

PRINT THIS PAGE
Computational Methods for Finance - MATH5335
 computational

   
   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Excluded: MATH3311
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

In the end finance is concerned with making definite numerical recommendations that frequently can only be obtained by analysing sophisticated models using high-speed computers. This course studies the design, implementation and use of computer programs to solve practical mathematical problems of relevance to finance, insurance and risk management.
It includes a review of MATLAB, floating point numbers, rounding error and computational complexity, and a selection of topics from: approximation and parameter estimation, Fourier series and the FFT, finite difference approximations, partial differential equations (Black-Scholes PDE), sparse linear systems, nonlinear algebraic equations, trees, Monte Carlo methods and simulation, random numbers and variance reduction, numerical integration.


URL for this page:

© The University of New South Wales (CRICOS Provider No.: 00098G), 2004-2011. The information contained in this Handbook is indicative only. While every effort is made to keep this information up-to-date, the University reserves the right to discontinue or vary arrangements, programs and courses at any time without notice and at its discretion. While the University will try to avoid or minimise any inconvenience, changes may also be made to programs, courses and staff after enrolment. The University may also set limits on the number of students in a course.