Introduction to C++ for Financial Engineers

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This book introduces the reader to the C++ programming language and how to use it to write applications in quantitative finance (QF) and related areas. No previous knowledge of C or C++ is required -- experience with VBA, Matlab or other programming language is sufficient. The book adopts an incremental approach; starting from basic principles then moving on to advanced complex techniques and then to real-life applications in financial engineering. There are five major parts in the book:<ul><li>C++ fundamentals and object-oriented thinking in QF</li><li>Advanced object-oriented features such as inheritance and polymorphism</li><li>Template programming and the Standard Template Library (STL)</li><li>An introduction to GOF design patterns and their applications in QF Applications</li></ul><p>The kinds of applications include binomial and trinomial methods, Monte Carlo simulation, advanced trees, partial differential equations and finite difference methods.</p><p>This book includes a companion website with all source code and many useful C++ classes that you can use in your own applications. Examples, test cases and applications are directly relevant to QF.</p><p>This book is the perfect companion to Daniel J. Duffys book<i>Financial Instrument Pricing using C++</i> (Wiley 2004, 0470855096 / 9780470021620)</p>

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<p><b><i>About the author</i></b><p><b>DANIEL J. DUFFY</b> has been involved in software development projects using C++ and object-oriented design techniques since 1988. He organized the first C++ course in the Netherlands in 1989 and has worked on a variety of C++ projects in areas such as computer graphics, optical technology, process control and quantitative finance systems. In 1993 he worked on an early version of a large object-oriented system for derivatives pricing and hedging models. He is designer/trainer and has trained more than 2000 C++ developers in recent years.<p>A companion book to the current one is Financial Instrument Pricing using C++ (Wiley 2004). Since 1996 he has written seven books on object-oriented design and programming. Daniel Duffy has a PhD in Numerical Analysis from Trinity College Dublin. He lives in the Netherlands with his wife Ilona and son Brendan.<p>He can be contacted at dduffy@datasim.nl.

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