The theory of large deviations is concerned with the exponential decay of probabilities of
large fluctuations in random systems. These probabilities are important in many fields of …

One of the motivations behind this book was to collect together the many results of the
Oxford University predictive control group. For this reason we have, rather unashamedly …

This text provides a framework in which the main objectives of the field of uncertainty
quantification (UQ) are defined and an overview of the range of mathematical methods by …

Do the effects of corporate governance on corporate capital structure choices change as a
public firm ages? First, we address the direct effects of firm age and governance features on …

Our goal is to provide an introduction to the study of minimal energy problems, particularly
from the perspective of generating point configurations that provide useful discretizations of …

An extensive update to a classic text Stochastic geometry and spatial statistics play a
fundamental role in many modern branches of physics, materials sciences, engineering …

Includes material for a standard graduate class, advanced material not covered by the
standard course but necessary in order to read research literature in the area, and extensive …

This work is aimed at an audience with a sound mathematical background wishing to learn
about the rapidly expanding? eld of mathematical? nance. Its content is suitable particularly …

This is a lively textbook providing a solid introduction to financial option valuation for
undergraduate students armed with a working knowledge of a first year calculus. Written in a …

This book provides an introduction to the ideas and methods of linear fu-tional analysis at a
level appropriate to the? nal year of an undergraduate course at a British university. The …