Quasi-Monte Carlo for finance beyond Black--Scholes

Abstract

Quasi-Monte Carlo methods are used to approximate integrals of high dimensionality. However, if the problem under consideration is of unbounded dimensionality, it is not obvious if one can apply quasi-Monte Carlo methods at all. We introduce a hybrid approach combining quasi-Monte Carlo and Monte Carlo methods and apply it to a finance problem of unbounded dimensionality. We find that this hybrid approach improves on a Monte Carlo approach. References

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