Thisbookaddressesproblemsinfinancialmathematicsofpricingandhedgingderivativesecuritiesinanenvironmentofuncertainandchangingmarketvolatility.Theseproblemsareimportanttoinvestorsrangingfromlargetradinginstitutionstopensionfunds.Theauthorspresentmathematicalandstatisticaltoolsthatexploitthe"bursty"natureofmarketvolatility.Themathematicsisintroducedthroughexamplesandillustratedwithsimulations,andtheapproachdescribedisvalidatedandtestedonmarketdata.
Thematerialissuitableforaone-semestercourseforgraduatestudentswhohavebeenexposedtomethodsofstochasticmodelingandarbitragepricingtheoryinfinance.Itiseasilyaccessibletoderivativespractitionersintheinancialengineeringindustry.