Financial mathematics

linma2725  2024-2025  Louvain-la-Neuve

Financial mathematics
5.00 credits
30.0 h + 22.5 h
Q1
Language
French
Content
Part 1: Foundations of probabilities, system, and optimal control
Part 2: Exact algorithms for optimal decision-making and control
Part 3: Approximate algorithms
Part 4: Data-driven optimal decision-making and control, and applications
Teaching methods
Learning will be based on face-to-face courses, interlaced with a homework-based practical project and exercise sessions. 
Evaluation methods
The evaluation will be based on:
- Homework exercises of project-type nature
- An oral exam, during which the homework will be discussed, possibly out of the official exam session.
Other information
Note that the focus of this course will be on tools from stochastic optimal control, which will be applied to problems in finance in the homeworks and projects.
Bibliography
Meyn, Control Systems and Reinforcement Learning (Cambridge University Press, 2022)
Faculty or entity


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Master [120] in Statistics: General

Master [120] in Mathematical Engineering