Portfolio Management with Heuristic Optimization

Dietmar G. Maringer

ISBN 10: 0387258523 / ISBN 13: 9780387258522

Published by Springer US, Springer US, 2005

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Portfolio Management with Heuristic Optimization consist of two parts. The first part (Foundations) deals with the foundations of portfolio optimization, its assumptions, approaches and the limitations when 'traditional' optimization techniques are to be applied. In addition, the basic concepts of several heuristic optimization techniques are presented along with examples of how to implement them for financial optimization problems. The second part (Applications and Contributions) consists of five chapters, covering different problems in financial optimization: the effectsof (linear, proportional and combined) transaction costs together with integer constraints and limitations on the initital endowment to be invested; the diversification in small portfolios; the effect of cardinality constraints on the Markowitz efficient line; the effects (and hidden risks) of Value-at-Risk when used the relevant risk constraint; the problem factor selection for the Arbitrage Pricing Theory.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Portfolio Management with Heuristic Optimization
• Publisher: Springer US, Springer US
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387258523
• ISBN 13: 9780387258522
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 160H x 18D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 530 grams

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Synopsis

Portfolio Management with Heuristic Optimization consist of two parts. The first part (Foundations) deals with the foundations of portfolio optimization, its assumptions, approaches and the limitations when "traditional" optimization techniques are to be applied. In addition, the basic concepts of several heuristic optimization techniques are presented along with examples of how to implement them for financial optimization problems. The second part (Applications and Contributions) consists of five chapters, covering different problems in financial optimization: the effects of (linear, proportional and combined) transaction costs together with integer constraints and limitations on the initital endowment to be invested; the diversification in small portfolios; the effect of cardinality constraints on the Markowitz efficient line; the effects (and hidden risks) of Value-at-Risk when used the relevant risk constraint; the problem factor selection for the Arbitrage Pricing Theory.

About the Author

PD Dr. Dietmar Maringer
University of Erfurt - Germany

Education:

1993: Business Administration and Computer Science at the Technical University of Vienna and at the University of Vienna
1997: PhD., University of Vienna
1997: M.Phil. at the University of Cambridge, UK

Positions:

till 2002: Assistant at the Centre for Business Studies, University of Vienna

since Nov. 2002: Assistant Professor at the University of Erfurt

Research interests: Finance, Financial Econometrics, Computational Economics and Computational Finance

Heuristic Optimisation