==== American Options and Dynamic Programming ==== \\ **Description:**\\ The goal of the project is to look at different methods for pricing and hedging american options and compare their performance on real data.\\ \\ **Prerequisites:**\\ The student should have a prior knowledge of stochastic calculus.\\ \\ **References:**\\ [1] D. Lamberton, B. Lapeyre, "Introduction to Stochastic Calculus Applied to Finance", Chapman & Hall / CRC Press, 2000.\\ \\ **Supervisor:**\\ Dr. Olivier Lévêque (LTHI) * Email: olivier.leveque#epfl.ch * Office: INR 132 * Tel: 38112\\ \\ [[en:projects:masterthesis:mtp|back to master projects]]