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by paaatrik
February 16th, 2013, 11:33 am
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: What is the expectation of a minimum of two uniform rvs with ranges (0, 12) and (0, 30) respectively?
Replies: 24
Views: 112733

What is the expectation of a minimum of two uniform rvs with ranges (0, 12) and (0, 30) respectively?

QuoteOriginally posted by: jcjc0602where does 1/360 of the integral come from ?thxThe density you are integrating over, i.e. 1/12*1/30 = 1/360
by paaatrik
November 29th, 2012, 8:05 pm
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: LMM Bermudan Swaption Greeks
Replies: 2
Views: 11398

LMM Bermudan Swaption Greeks

QuoteOriginally posted by: ZhuLiAnCheck against bump and revalue is ok?yes its okay.
by paaatrik
November 29th, 2012, 3:56 pm
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: LMM Bermudan Swaption Greeks
Replies: 2
Views: 11398

LMM Bermudan Swaption Greeks

<t>Anyone that have reported greeks (delta and vega buckets) for Bermudan swaptions (in LIBOR market model) that I can crosscheck mine with.e.g. the setup in the Andersen and Piterbarg book chapter 19, table 19.5. same as in the Andersen's Bermudan swaption paper, table 6(a) page 25http://papers.ssr...
by paaatrik
December 16th, 2011, 11:54 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: probem in lsqnonlin ( matlab )
Replies: 2
Views: 19059

probem in lsqnonlin ( matlab )

F =@(x) Ralpha(x) +...((1-exp(-beta*xdata))./(beta*xdata))*(r - Ralpha(x))+...((sigma.^2)./(4*(beta.^3)*xdata).*((1-exp(-xdata)).^2));...[lamda,resnorm] = lsqnonlin(F,lamda0)
by paaatrik
September 9th, 2011, 8:10 pm
Forum: Book And Research Paper Forum
Topic: lulu.com
Replies: 440
Views: 270993

lulu.com

QuoteOriginally posted by: mjOK it's now available at Barnes and Noble with a 20% discount.awesome, just ordered a copy.
by paaatrik
September 6th, 2011, 7:57 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Boost uBLAS LU
Replies: 68
Views: 30465

Boost uBLAS LU

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnYou're welcome. I look forward to any comments when we do a code review of this scheme. Assuming the uBLAS fundamental operations are efficient then it is a matter of using numerical analysis to build the algos on top of the uBLAS substrate, for example the CG...
by paaatrik
August 30th, 2011, 7:49 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Boost uBLAS LU
Replies: 68
Views: 30465

Boost uBLAS LU

Thanks!
by paaatrik
August 30th, 2011, 5:06 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Boost uBLAS LU
Replies: 68
Views: 30465

Boost uBLAS LU

Yes in seconds.I was to lazy and have something, Quantlib and Boost, slide 96
by paaatrik
August 30th, 2011, 4:53 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Boost uBLAS LU
Replies: 68
Views: 30465

Boost uBLAS LU

Is the uBLAS' LU decomposition know to be VERY slow?(My LU dec of a 500 by 500 matrix takes too long time)
by paaatrik
August 14th, 2011, 4:47 pm
Forum: Book And Research Paper Forum
Topic: Know your weapon
Replies: 19
Views: 159392

Know your weapon

QuoteOriginally posted by: mitis there part 3? i got part 1 2from: Link "Know Your Weapon Part 3 is in my new book Derivatives Models on Models"
by paaatrik
August 10th, 2011, 7:22 am
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: Consistency of Local Vol surface
Replies: 0
Views: 20951

Consistency of Local Vol surface

When generating a Local vol surfaces (from implied vol) for structured products valuation. What commons ways are you using when testing the consistency of this generated Local Vol surface.
by paaatrik
August 4th, 2011, 3:05 pm
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: the meshless method ?
Replies: 40
Views: 37949

the meshless method ?

Check eq (40)It should beH = I - dt*(1-theta)*PG = I + dt*theta*PIt works for me, but I have to be careful how I choose M,N and the truncation
by paaatrik
June 9th, 2011, 1:44 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: VIX option pricing
Replies: 2
Views: 22921

VIX option pricing

<r>The S&P 500 Index as a Sato Process Travelling at the Speed of the VIX by Dilip B. Madan and Marc Yor <URL url="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1540816"><LINK_TEXT text="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm? ... id=1540816">http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_...