Real-time scheduling based on optimized topology and communication traffic in distributed real-time computation platform of storm

C Li, J Zhang, Y Luo - Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent years, Storm, an open source distributed real-time computation system, has gained
significant amount of popularity in cloud computing industry due to its high reliability and …

Spitzer identity, Wiener-Hopf factorization and pricing of discretely monitored exotic options

G Fusai, G Germano, D Marazzina - European Journal of Operational …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Wiener-Hopf factorization of a complex function arises in a variety of fields in
applied mathematics such as probability, finance, insurance, queuing theory, radio …

Offline simulation online application: A new framework of simulation-based decision making

LJ Hong, G Jiang - Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, 2019 - World Scientific
Traditionally, simulation has been used as a tool of design to estimate, compare and
optimize the performance of different system designs. It is rarely used in making real-time …

Single-transform formulas for pricing Asian options in a general approximation framework under Markov processes

Z Cui, C Lee, Y Liu - European Journal of Operational Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Recently, Cai, Song, and Kou (2015) proposed closed-form double transform
approximation formulas for prices of both discretely and continuously monitored Asian …

Dynamic finite-budget allocation of stratified sampling with adaptive variance reduction by strata

C Song, R Kawai - SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 2023 - SIAM
We develop and analyze a dynamic finite-budget allocation scheme for stratified sampling
for general purposes on the unit hypercube with adaptive variance reduction applied by …

It's not now or never: Implications of investment timing and risk aversion on climate adaptation to extreme events

C Truong, S Trück - European Journal of Operational Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Public investment into risk reduction infrastructure plays an important role in facilitating
adaptation to climate impacted hazards and natural disasters. In this paper, we provide an …

Optimizing adaptive importance sampling by stochastic approximation

R Kawai - SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 2018 - SIAM
We investigate the optimality of adaptive importance sampling by stochastic approximation.
To address the well-known difficulty in the implementation of stochastic approximation, that …

Non-linear volatility with normal inverse Gaussian innovations: ad-hoc analytic option pricing

S Mozumder, B Talukdar, MH Kabir, B Li - Review of Quantitative Finance …, 2024 - Springer
This paper proposes an approximate closed-form option-pricing model based on a non-
linear GARCH process with Normal Inverse Gaussian (NIG) Lévy innovations. We develop …

A new hybrid Monte Carlo simulation for Asian options pricing

F Mehrdoust - Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this paper is to present a new hybrid algorithm for pricing financial derivatives in
the arithmetic Asian options. In this paper, two variance reduction techniques are combined …

American step options

J Detemple, SL Abdou, F Moraux - European Journal of Operational …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper examines the valuation of American knock-out and knock-in step options. The
structures of the immediate exercise regions of the various contracts are identified. Typical …