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Valuing American Options with Implementation

2017

Master's thesis Business Administration BE501 - University of Agder 2017 This master thesis aims to value American put options by using di erent numerical methods. Three valuation methods for valuing an American put option will be pre- sented and analyzed; the binomial method, the implicit nite di erence method and the least squares Monte Carlo approach (LSM). Due to the opportunity of early exercise of American option contracts, our goal is to nd the optimal exercise strategy which maximizes the payo by using numerical methods. We provide examples of how to implement each algorithm in di erent types of software. A comparison of the methods are given at the end.

Derechos humanos y virtudes fundamentales

2013

Al establecer los derechos humanos dentro de un constitucionalismo democrático en vez de hacerlo en la verdad de la persona, los legalismos entran en un círculo infinito. Entonces, es necesario asentarlos en un fundamento pre-legal, previo a toda deliberación que incluya las virtudes clásicas de la coexistencia humana que hacen posible cualquier proceso democrático. Aunque este documento se centra básicamente en la justicia, el éxito, el coraje y la templanza como los goznes de toda virtud, también se refiere al valor del compañerismo, la simplicidad, la austeridad, la lealtad y la confianza hacia otros. Pero todo este marco axiológico nos obliga naturalmente a mirar hacia la familia, donde…

Adaptive Collision Avoidance through Implicit Acknowledgments in Wireless Sensor Networks

2008

Grand-canonical approach to density functional theory of electrocatalytic systems: Thermodynamics of solid-liquid interfaces at constant ion and elec…

2018

Properties of solid-liquid interfaces are of immense importance for electrocatalytic and electrochemical systems, but modeling such interfaces at the atomic level presents a serious challenge and approaches beyond standard methodologies are needed. An atomistic computational scheme needs to treat at least part of the system quantum mechanically to describe adsorption and reactions, while the entire system is in thermal equilibrium. The experimentally relevant macroscopic control variables are temperature, electrode potential, and the choice of the solvent and ions, and these need to be explicitly included in the computational model as well; this calls for a thermodynamic ensemble with fixed…

A high-resolution layer-wise discontinuous Galerkin formulation for multilayered composite plates

2020

Abstract In this work, a novel high-resolution formulation for multilayered composite plates is presented. The formulations is referred to as high-resolution since it combines (i) Layer-Wise plate theories, which are based on a per-layer, high-order expansion of the primary variables throughout the plate’s thickness, providing a detailed layer-level description of the sought solution; (ii) The discontinuous Galerkin method, a numerical approach based on a discontinuous representation of the unknown fields over the mesh elements and on the introduction of boundary integral operators enforcing inter-element continuity, which allow the natural treatment of high-order mesh elements and provide …

A NEW POTENTIAL FUNCTION FOR SELF INTERSECTING GIELIS CURVES WITH RATIONAL SYMMETRIES

2009

International audience; We present a new potential field equation for self-intersecting Gielis curves with rational rotational symmetries. In the literature, potential field equations for these curves, and their extensions to surfaces, impose the rotational symmetries to be integers in order to guarantee the unicity of the intersection between the curve/surface and any ray starting from its center. Although the representation with natural symmetries has been applied to mechanical parts modeling and reconstruction, the lack of a potential function for Rational symmetry Gielis Curves (RGC) remains a major problem for natural object representation, such as flowers and phyllotaxis. We overcome thi…

Impact of a non-consciously perceived odour on subsequent food choices

2013

Poster (1 page) ; http://www.pangborn2013.com/; International audience; Although people were initially considered as entirely conscious of the motivations driving their behaviour and choices, current research in psychology suggests that a significant part of choices and decision-making is influenced by unconscious processes (Bargh, & Chartrand, 1999; Dijksterhuis et al., 2005). To study the unconscious processes involved in food choice, we used the priming paradigm. In a first experiment, we showed that non-consciously perceived fruity odours impacted intentions of food choices (on a menu card), guiding participants toward more fruit and/or vegetable (Gaillet et al., under review). The pres…

Conscious and nonconscious influences in the sensory domain

2013

Présentation (résumé 1 p.) ; http://www.pangborn2013.com/; International audience; Characterizing the relationships between conscious and unconscious processing is one of the most important goals of cognitive psychology. Renewed interest in the nature of consciousness has reignited long-standing debates about the reach of the unconscious -- the extent to which behaviour can be influenced by knowledge we are not aware of. According to Nisbett & Wilson (1977), subjects can be "(a) unaware of the existence of a stimulus that importantly influenced a response, (b) unaware of the existence of the response, and (c) unaware that the stimulus has affected the response." Many studies have now (argua…

Impact d'une odeur non consciemment perçue sur des choix alimentaires

2013

Présentation orale (résumé de 2 p.); Bien qu'il ait été longtemps considéré que nous étions pleinement conscients des motivations guidant nos comportements, les recherches actuelles en psychologie et en économie suggèrent qu'en matière de choix, nous ne sommes pas les êtres rationnels que nous pensons être (Dijksterhuis et al., 2006; Kahneman & Tversky, 2000). Les choix correspondent en fait à des processus complexes d'intégration, qui ne sont pas seulement rationnels, mais surtout basés sur des sentiments, des émotions et des souvenirs (Loewenstein et al., 2001). En outre, il est maintenant bien établi en psychologie qu'une part significative des comportements et choix sont influencés par …

V-Effekt à la Braun (1) : la distanciation par le récit

2008

Like most baroque novels, Hinze-Kunze Roman can be read on several levels. First it can be seen as a war of the sexes. On a second level, it can also be read as a Bildungsroman, comparable to all the Aufbauromane written in the fifties. But, on a third level one can also consider Braun's novel as an allegory of East Germany, where each character stands for a specific feature of East German society: Hinze represents the people, Kunze power... And yet another reading also allows one to understand the novel as a narrator-writer's attempt to write a well-executed socialist novel. Finally, one can try to read Hinze-Kunze-Roman as a literary work made up of inter-textual references, or as the jux…