Optimal Stopping Rules / by Albert N. Shiryaev.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shiriaev, Albert Nikolaevich.

Contributor:

Aries, A. B.

Series:

Stochastic Modelling and Applied Probability, 2197-439X ; 8

Standardized Title:

Statisticheskiĭ posledovatelʹnyĭ analiz. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Probabilities.

Statistics.

Probability Theory.

Statistics in Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance.

Local Subjects:

Probability Theory.

Statistics in Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2008.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although three decades have passed since first publication of this book reprinted now as a result of popular demand, the content remains up-to-date and interesting for many researchers as is shown by the many references to it in current publications. The "ground floor" of Optimal Stopping Theory was constructed by A.Wald in his sequential analysis in connection with the testing of statistical hypotheses by non-traditional (sequential) methods. It was later discovered that these methods have, in idea, a close connection to the general theory of stochastic optimization for random processes. The area of application of the Optimal Stopping Theory is very broad. It is sufficient at this point to emphasise that its methods are well tailored to the study of American (-type) options (in mathematics of finance and financial engineering), where a buyer has the freedom to exercise an option at any stopping time. In this book, the general theory of the construction of optimal stopping policies is developed for the case of Markov processes in discrete and continuous time. One chapter is devoted specially to the applications that address problems of the testing of statistical hypotheses, and quickest detection of the time of change of the probability characteristics of the observable processes. The author, A.N.Shiryaev, is one of the leading experts of the field and gives an authoritative treatment of a subject that, 30 years after original publication of this book, is proving increasingly important.

Contents:

Random Processes: Markov Times

Optimal Stopping of Markov Sequences

Optimal Stopping of Markov Processes

Some Applications to Problems of Mathematical Statistics.

Notes:

"Reprint of the 1978 edition with a new preface."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-213) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-11631-9

9786611116316

3-540-74011-2

OCLC:

300972636