1. EXACT SIMULATION OF THE 3/2 MODEL.
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BALDEAUX, JAN
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STOCK prices ,MATHEMATICAL symmetry ,MONTE Carlo method ,POINT set theory ,ALGORITHMS ,SIMULATION methods & models ,MATHEMATICAL models - Abstract
This paper discusses the exact simulation of the stock price process underlying the 3/2 model. Using a result derived by Craddock and Lennox using Lie Symmetry Analysis, we adapt the Broadie-Kaya algorithm for the simulation of affine processes to the 3/2 model. We also discuss variance reduction techniques and find that conditional Monte Carlo techniques combined with quasi-Monte Carlo point sets result in significant variance reductions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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