MA671
Computational Methods in Finance
0.5 Credit

Numerical methods used in financial engineering and risk management, including numerical solutions of ordinary differential equations, finite difference methods, numerical optimization, Monte Carlo and quasi-Monte Carlo methods, numerical solutions of stochastic differential equations, fast Fourier and other discrete transform methods. The computational methods are illustrated with the use of programming languages such as MAPLE, MATLAB and VBA.

Additional Course Information
Prerequisites
MA570 - Financial Mathematics in Discrete Time or equivalent, and MA507 - Numerical Analysis or MA571 - Computational Methods for Data Analysis or equivalent
Exclusions
MA686B, MA471