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Undergraduate Course: Simulation (MATH10015)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Mathematics CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryCourse for final year students in Honours programmes in Mathematics and/or Statistics.

Random number generation, basic Monte Carlo, variance reduction techniques, simulating Brownian paths,
Strong and weak approximations of solutions to SDEs,
Euler's approximations, Milstein's scheme,
Order of accuracy of the approximations,
Higher order schemes, accelerated convergence
Weak approximations of SDEs via numerical solutions of PDEs
Option price sensitivities (Greeks).
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Several Variable Calculus and Differential Equations (MATH08063) AND Fundamentals of Pure Mathematics (MATH08064) AND ( Probability (MATH08066) OR Probability with Applications (MATH08067))
Co-requisites Students MUST also take: Probability, Measure & Finance (MATH10024)
Prohibited Combinations Students MUST NOT also be taking Stochastic Differential Equations (MATH10085)
Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2016/17, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 22, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 69 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 20 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Coursework 20%, Examination 80%
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)Simulation (MATH10015) 2:00
Learning Outcomes
1. Understanding of Monte Carlo methods
2. Ability to simulate random numbers from standard distributions
3. Ability to numerically price some basic options
4. Understanding of variance-reduction techniques
5. Familiarity with numerical schemes for simulating solutions of SDEs.
6. Ability to apply simple higher order schemes.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL https://info.maths.ed.ac.uk/teaching.html
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsSim
Contacts
Course organiserDr David Siska
Tel: (0131 6)51 9091
Email: D.Siska@ed.ac.uk		 Course secretaryMrs Alison Fairgrieve
Tel: (0131 6)50 5045
Email: Alison.Fairgrieve@ed.ac.uk
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