The mathematics of banking and finance /

Throughout banking, mathematical techniques are used. Some of these are within software products or models; mathematicians use others to analyse data. This text offers a guide to the various techniques used in banking, and considers how each one should be approached. It includes techniques such as V...

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Main Authors: Cox, Dennis W
Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience Online service
Group Author: Cox, Michael A. A
Published: Wiley,
Publisher Address: Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ :
Publication Dates: 2006.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Wiley finance
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119205920
Summary: Throughout banking, mathematical techniques are used. Some of these are within software products or models; mathematicians use others to analyse data. This text offers a guide to the various techniques used in banking, and considers how each one should be approached. It includes techniques such as VaR analysis, and Monte Carlo simulation.
Item Description: Title from e-book title screen (viewed Oct. 15, 2007).
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xiv, 295 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9781119205920
1119205921
0470028882
9780470028889
Index Number: HF5691
CLC: F224
Contents: The Mathematics of Banking and Finance; Contents; Introduction; 1 Introduction to How to Display Data and the Scatter Plot; 2 Bar Charts; 3 Histograms; 4 Probability Theory; 5 Standard Terms in Statistics; 6 Sampling; 7 Probability Distribution Functions; 8 Normal Distribution; 9 Comparison of the Means, Sample Sizes and Hypothesis Testing; 10 Comparison of Variances; 11 Chi-squared Goodness of Fit Test; 12 Analysis of Paired Data; 13 Linear Regression; 14 Analysis of Variance; 15 Design and Approach to the Analysis of Data; 16 Linear Programming: Graphical Method.