Importance Sampling for Least-Square Monte Carlo Methods

Pricing American style options is challenging due to early exercise opportunities. The conditional expectation in the Snell envelope, known as the continuation value is approximated by basis functions in the Least-Square Monte Carlo-algorithm, giving robust estimation for the options price. By chang...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ahmed, Ilyas
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: KTH, Matematisk statistik 2016
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-193080