Essays about: "Antithetic variates"

Found 1 essay containing the words Antithetic variates.

  1. 1. Dynamic Credit Models : An analysis using Monte Carlo methods and variance reduction techniques

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Emelie Järnberg; [2016]
    Keywords : Credit risk; Dynamic credit modelling; Stochastic process; Monte Carlo; Importance sampling; Antithetic variates; Probability matrix method; Default probability; Default event; Variance reduction;

    Abstract : In this thesis, the credit worthiness of a company is modelled using a stochastic process. Two credit models are considered; Merton's model, which models the value of a firm's assets using geometric Brownian motion, and the distance to default model, which is driven by a two factor jump diffusion process. READ MORE