Why Do We Simulate? -- Simulation Programming: Quick Start -- Examples -- Simulation Programming with VBASim -- Two Views of Simulation -- Simulation Input -- Simulation Output -- Experiment Design and Analysis -- Simulation for Research -- VBASim

Some basic theory of finance -- Basic Monte Carlo methods -- Variance reduction techniques -- Simulating the value of options -- Quasi-Monte Carlo multiple integration -- Estimation and calibration -- Sensitivity analysis, estimating derivatives and the Greeks -- Other methods and conclusions

This book can serve as the text for a one-semester course on Monte Carlo simulation. The intended audience is advanced undergraduate students or students on master's programs who wish to learn the basics of this exciting topic and its applications to finance. The book is largely self-contained....