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Quantum Finance represents the synthesis of the techniques of quantum theory (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory) to theoretical and applied finance. After a brief overview of the connection between these fields, we illustrate some…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-08-23 Belal E. Baaquie , Claudio Coriano , Marakani Srikant

It is illustrated a methodology to compute the pure premium for the automobile insurance (claim frequency and severity) using generalized linear models. It is obtained the pure premium for the partial damage loss cover (PPD) using a set of…

Risk Management · Quantitative Finance 2017-07-13 William Guevara-Alarcón , Luz Mery González , Armando Antonio Zarruk

The concept of the $p^{\text{th}}$ variation of a continuous function $f$ along a refining sequence of partitions is the key to a pathwise It\^o integration theory with integrator $f$. Here, we analyze the $p^{\text{th}}$ variation of a…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-04-29 Alexander Schied , Zhenyuan Zhang

We investigate a subdiffusive, fractional Fokker-Planck dynamics occurring in time-varying potential landscapes and thereby disclose the failure of the fractional Fokker-Planck equation (FFPE) in its commonly used form when generalized in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-10-17 E. Heinsalu , M. Patriarca , I. Goychuk , P. Hänggi

We consider Euclidean path integrals with higher derivative actions, including those that depend quadratically on acceleration, velocity and position. Such path integrals arise naturally in the study of stiff polymers, membranes with…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-01-23 David S. Dean , Bing Miao , Rudi Podgornik

Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) are the bedrock for modern computational sciences and engineering, and inherently computationally expensive. While PDE foundation models have shown much promise for simulating such complex…

The paper concerns classical solution of path-dependent partial differential equations (PPDEs) with coefficients depending on both variables of path and path-valued measure, which are crucial to understanding large-scale mean-field…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-07-26 Shanjian Tang , Huilin Zhang

Using the new variational approach proposed recently for a systematic improvement of the locally harmonic Feynman-Kleinert approximation to path integrals we calculate the partition function of the anharmonic oscillator for all temperatures…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 H. Kleinert , H. Meyer

We propose two localized Radial Basis Function (RBF) methods, the Radial Basis Function Partition of Unity method (RBF-PUM) and the Radial Basis Function generated Finite Differences method (RBF-FD), for solving financial derivative pricing…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2018-08-20 Slobodan Milovanović , Victor Shcherbakov

We apply general difference calculus in order to obtain solutions to the functional equations of the second order. We show that factorization method can be successfully applied to the functional case. This method is equivariant under the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-09-01 Tomasz Golinski , Anatol Odzijewicz

In this paper we investigate the hedging problem of a unit-linked life insurance contract via the local risk-minimization approach, when the insurer has a restricted information on the market. In particular, we consider an endowment…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2017-09-26 Claudia Ceci , Katia Colaneri , Alessandra Cretarola

In this paper, we delve into the fascinating realm of fractal calculus applied to fractal sets and fractal curves. Our study includes an exploration of the method analogues of the separable method and the integrating factor technique for…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2023-10-26 Alireza Khalili Golmankhaneh , Donatella Bongiorno

The pricing of options, warrants and other derivative securities is one of the great success of financial economics. These financial products can be modeled and simulated using quantum mechanical instruments based on a Hamiltonian…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2008-12-18 Belal E. Baaquie , Claudio Coriano , Marakani Srikant

Many large MDPs can be represented compactly using a dynamic Bayesian network. Although the structure of the value function does not retain the structure of the process, recent work has shown that value functions in factored MDPs can often…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-01-18 Daphne Koller , Ron Parr

We give a proper fractional extension of the classical calculus of variations by considering variational functionals with a Lagrangian depending on a combined Caputo fractional derivative and the classical derivative. Euler-Lagrange…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-11-11 Tatiana Odzijewicz , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

We introduce a model for the short-term dynamics of financial assets based on an application to finance of quantum gauge theory, developing ideas of Ilinski. We present a numerical algorithm for the computation of the probability…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2018-08-01 Giovanni Paolinelli , Gianni Arioli

In this study the general formula for differential and integral operations of fractional calculus via fractal operators by the method of cumulative diminution and cumulative growth is obtained. The under lying mechanism in the success of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-31 Fevzi Buyukkilic , Zahide Ok Bayrakdar , Dogan Demirhan

In this paper, we study the benefits of using polyharmonic splines and node layouts with smoothly varying density for developing robust and efficient radial basis function generated finite difference (RBF-FD) methods for pricing of…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2018-08-20 Slobodan Milovanović

Technology trends as digitalization and Industry 4.0 initiate a growing demand for new business models. Most of this models requires a fundamental shift of operational and financial risks between seller and buyer. A key question is…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2022-12-20 Roger Knecktys , Henrik Bette , Rüdiger Kiesel , Thomas Guhr

We extend path analysis by giving sufficient conditions for computing the partial covariance of two random variables from their covariance. This is specifically done by correcting the covariance with the product of some partial variance…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2021-11-01 Jose M. Peña