TY  - BOOK
AU  - Derman, Emanuel
TI  - My life is a quant: reflections on physics and finance
SN  - 9780470192733
U1  - 332.6092 DER 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New Jersey
PB  - John Wiley & Sons
KW  - Derman, Emanuel
KW  - Financial advisors -- Biography
KW  - Investment advisors -- Biography
KW  - Options (Finance)
KW  - Options (Finance) --Prices --Mathematical models
KW  - Physicists -- Biography
N1  - Suggested by Prof. Diptiranjan Mahapatra; Part I Overview; Ch 1 Elective affinities; Simplex Method and Sensitivity Analysis.; Duality and Post-Optimal Analysis.; Transportation Model and Its Variants.; Network Models.; Advanced Linear Programming.; Goal Programming.; Heuristic Programming.; Traveling Salesperson Problem (TSP).; Deterministic Dynamic Programming.; Deterministic Inventory Models.; Review of Basic Probability.; Decision Analysis and games.; Probabilistic Inventory models.; Queuing Systems.; Queuing Systems.; Simulation Modeling.; Classical Optimization Theory
N2  - My Life as a Quant is Derman's account of his search for answers as he undergoes his transformation from ambitious young scientist to managing director. His book is simultaneously wide-ranging and personal. He tells the story of his passage between two wo
ER  -