Numerical methods for stochastic differential equations (SDEs)

Period of duration of course
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Course info
Number of course hours
40
Number of hours of lecturers of reference
40
CFU 6
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Modalità esame

Written exam in on a scale from 18 to 30.

Oral exam in on a scale from 18 to 30.

Note modalità di esame

Intermediate tests or individual projects.

Prerequisiti

The course is designed for students who have had a first introduction to the concepts and techniques of numerical calculation of ODEs, ODE analysis, and probability calculus.


Year of studies recommended: IV-V year and PhD students.

Programma

Part I, Fundamentals of Stochastic Calculus:

- Random Variables and Stochastic Processes

- Quadratic Variation

- Martingale

- Markov Processes

- Ito and Stratonovich Integrals

- SDEs

- Kolmogorov Equations


Part II, Numerical Methods for SDEs:

- Discretization of Brownian Motion

- Numerical Analysis of Ito and Stratonovich Integrals

- Stochastic One-Step Methods (Euler-Maruyama, Milstein, Runge-Kutta)

- Analysis of One-Step Methods

- Linear Stability Analysis

- Jump Processes

- SDE in Mathematical Finance

- Monte Carlo and Multilevel Monte Carlo Methods

- Geometric Numerical Integration of Stochastic Hamiltonian Systems

- Numerical Methods for SDE Systems

- Notes on the Numerical Integration of Stochastic PDEs

- Fractional Brownian Motion and Simulation Methods for Fractional Brownian Motion

Obiettivi formativi

The course aims to provide students with the basic tools for the numerical analysis of SDEs. Topics will be covered from both a theoretical and algorithmic perspective.


Riferimenti bibliografici

- Numerical Solution of Stochastic Differential Equations (Stochastic Modelling and Applied Probability (23)), Springer, Stochastic Modelling and Applied Probability, Corrected, 1995, Peter E. Kloeden, Eckhard Platen

- Numerical Approximation of Ordinary Differential Problems. From Deterministic to Stochastic Numerical Methods, Springer, 2023, Raffaele D'Ambrosio

- Higham, D.: An algorithmic introduction to numerical simulation of stochastic differential equations. SIAM Rev. 43(3), 525–546 (2001)

- Higham, D.J., Kloeden, P.E.: An Introduction to the Numerical Simulation of Stochastic Differential Equations. SIAM, Philadelphia (2021)

-Additional references will be provided in the course of the lectures