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This book contains the recent contributions of Edwin J Elton and Martin J Gruber to the field of investments. All of the articles in this book have been published in the leading finance and economic journals. Sixteen of the nineteen articles have been published in the last ten years. This book supplements the earlier contributions of the editors published by MIT Press in 1999.

A valuable introduction to Signals and Systems, this textbook has been developed by the author from his experience of teaching this particular subject to undergraduate students. It is suitable for B.E./B.Tech students in such disciplines as Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology, and Biomedical Engineering. The book provides a clear understanding of the issues that students face in assimilating this highly mathematical subject. It is a comprehensive analytical treatment of signals and systems with a strong emphasis on solving problems. Each topic is supported by sufficient numbers of solved examples. Besides, a variety of tricky objective type questions have been included at the end of every chapter. Emphasizing systems approach, the book offers a unified treatment of both continuous-time and discrete-time signals and systems. The analysis tools such as Fourier transform, Laplace transform, sampling theorem and Z-transform are presented elaborately. Conceptual understanding is reinforced through plenty of worked examples. The book concludes with a chapter focused on realization of Finite Impulse Response (FIR) and Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) filters. Several appendices provide the requisite background mathematical material for ease of reference by the students

Computational Finance Using C and C# raises computational finance to the next level using the languages of both standard C and C#. The inclusion of both these languages enables readers to match their use of the book to their firm's internal software and code requirements. The book also provides derivatives pricing information for equity derivates (vanilla options, quantos, generic equity basket options); interest rate derivatives (FRAs, swaps, quantos); foreign exchange derivatives (FX forwards, FX options); and credit derivatives (credit default swaps, defaultable bonds, total return swaps).This book is organized into 8 chapters, beginning with an overview of financial derivatives followed by an introduction to stochastic processes. The discussion then shifts to generation of random variates; European options; single asset American options; multi-asset options; other financial derivatives; and C# portfolio pricing application. The text is supported by a multi-tier website which enables purchasers of the book to download free software, which includes executable files, configuration files, and results files. With these files the user can run the C# portfolio pricing application and change the portfolio composition and the attributes of the deals.This book will be of interest to financial engineers and analysts as well as numerical analysts in banking, insurance, and corporate finance. - Illustrates the use of C# design patterns, including dictionaries, abstract classes, and .NET InteropServices