AEM 6061

Risk Simulation and Monte Carlo Methods

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2016-2017 Catalog.

Risk Simulation and Monte Carlo Methods deals with the concepts of randomness and risk in financial management, project analysis, capital budgeting, stock valuations, derivatives, and investment portfolios. The focus of the course is on applying realistic probability models through Monte Carlo simulation and optimization to a wide variety of relevant problems in investment, agriculture and other applications. In a addition to lectures, weekly seminars will This seminar will explore the development of Monte Carlo simulation from a historical point of view, examine in greater detail stochastic processes, and understand the basic structure of Ito processes and the stochastic calculus and how to employ these techniques in Monte Carlo simulations.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisites: Students should have a basic understanding of agricultural, corporate, or managerial finance.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: registered graduate students from any field.

Outcomes

• Explain the development of Monte Carlo simulation from a historical point of view.
• Use simulation in experimental mathematics.
• Use the basic structure of Ito processes and the stochastic calculus to employ these techniques in Monte Carlo simulations.
• Apply Monte Carlo techniques to problems of cash flow management, pro-forma financial projections, stock valuation, NPV project valuation, financial options, and real options to problems in financial economics and agriculture.

When Offered Spring.

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