COMISEF Working Papers Series

 WPS-001  09/09/2008 Review of Heuristic Optimization Methods in Econometrics M. Gilli and P. Winker
 WPS-002  09/09/2008 Determination of sequential best replies in n-player games by Genetic Algorithms M. Protopapas
 WPS-003  03/09/2008 Meta-heuristic Methods for Outliers Detection in Multivariate Time Series D. Cucina, A. di Salvatore,
M. Protopapas
 WPS-004  09/09/2008 Coevolutionary Genetic Algorithms for Establishing Nash Equilibrium in Symmetric Cournot Games M. Protopapas, F. Battaglia,
E. Kosmatopoulos
 WPS-005  08/10/2008 Optimization Heuristics for Determining Internal Rating Grading Scales M. Lyra, J. Paha,
S. Paterlini, P. Winker
 WPS-006  08/10/2008 Least Median of Squares Estimation by Optimization Heuristics with an Application to the CAPM and Multi Factor Models P. Winker, M. Lyra,
C. Sharpe
 WPS-007 09/02/2009 Heuristic Optimisation in Financial Modelling M. Gilli and E. Schumann
 WPS-008 15/02/2009

Implementing Binomial Trees  (Download code here)

M. Gilli and E. Schumann
 WPS-009 20/02/2009 Time-varying Multi-regime Models Fitting by Genetic Algorithms F. Battaglia and
M. Protopapas
 WPS-010 15/06/2009 Optimal enough? M. Gilli and E. Schumann
 WPS-011 13/07/2009 Robust regression with optimisation heuristics M. Gilli and E. Schumann
 WPS-012 26/08/2009 Robust Optimization of Currency Portfolios R. J. Fonseca, S. Zymler,
W. Wiesemann, B. Rustem
 WPS-013 22/09/2009 Optimized U-type Designs on Flexible Regions D. K. J. Lin, C. Sharpe,
P. Winker
 WPS-014 13/10/2009 Validating Structural Credit Portfolio Models M. Kalkbrener and
A. Onwunta
 WPS-015 03/11/2009 Robust Portfolio Optimization: A Conic Programming Approach K. Ye, P. Parpas, B.Rustem
 WPS-016 03/11/2009 Bounding Option Prices Using SDP With Change Of Numeraire K. Ye, B. Rustem, P. Parpas
 WPS-017 04/11/2009 Worst-Case Value-at-Risk of Non-Linear Portfolios S. Zymler, D. Kuhn,
B. Rustem
 WPS-018 04/11/2009 Robust Portfolio Optimization with Derivative Insurance Guarantees S. Zymler, B. Rustem,
D. Kuhn
 WPS-019 06/11/2009 An Interior-Point algorithm for Nonlinear Minimax Problems E. Obasanjo,
E. Tzallas-Regas, B. Rustem
 WPS-020 06/11/2009 Robust Resource Allocations in Temporal Networks W. Wiesemann, D. Kuhn,
B. Rustem
 WPS-021 10/11/2009 Portfolio Decisions with Higher Order Moments P. M. Kleniati and B. Rustem
 WPS-022 10/11/2009 Decomposition-Based Method for Sparse Semidefinite Relaxations of Polynomial Optimization Problems P. M. Kleniati, P. Parpas,
B. Rustem
 WPS-023 10/11/2009 Partitioning Procedure for Polynomial Optimization: Application to Portfolio Decisions with Higher Order Moments P. M. Kleniati, P. Parpas,
B. Rustem
 WPS-024 07/12/2009 Bootstrap Confidence Bands for Forecast Paths
A. Staszewska-Bystrova
 WPS-025 27/01/2010 The Response of Retail Interest Rates to Factor Forecasts of Money Market Rates in Major European Economies A. Banerjee, V. Bystrov,
P. Mizen
 WPS-026 28/01/2010 Multi-regime models for nonlinear nonstationary time series
F. Battaglia and
M. Protopapas
 WPS-027 04/02/2010 Heuristic Optimization Methods for Dynamic Panel Data Model Selection. Application on the Russian Innovative Performance I. Savin and
P. Winker
 WPS-028 08/02/2010 Fuzzy clustering of univariate and multivariate time series by genetic multiobjective optimization S. Bandyopadhyay,
R. Baragona, U. Maulik
 WPS-029 09/02/2010 Robust International Portfolio Management R. J. Fonseca,
W. Wiesemann, B. Rustem
 WPS-030 08/03/2010 Calibrating Option Pricing Models with Heuristics (Download code here) M. Gilli and E. Schumann
 WPS-031 30/03/2010 Calibrating the Nelson–Siegel–Svensson model (Download code here) M. Gilli, Stefan Große, E. Schumann
 WPS-032 16/04/2010 Optimal Control of Nonlinear Dynamic Econometric Models: An Algorithm and an Application V. Blüschke-Nikolaeva,
D. Blüschke, R. Neck
 WPS-033 21/04/2010 Too Interconnected To Fail: Financial Contagion and Systemic Risk In Network Model of CDS and Other Credit Enhancement Obligations of US Banks S. Markose, S. Giansante,
M. Gatkowski,
A. R. Shaghaghi
 WPS-034 05/05/2010 Robust Markov Decision Processes W. Wiesemann, D. Kuhn, 
B. Rustem
 WPS-035 17/05/2010 Index Mutual Fund Replication J. Zhang and D. Maringer
 WPS-036 17/05/2010 Asset Allocation under Hierarchical Clustering J. Zhang and D. Maringer
 WPS-037
17/05/2010
Pair-Copula Selection with Downside Risk Minimization J. Zhang and D. Maringer
 WPS-038
17/05/2010
Exact Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Copula Models J. Zhang and W. L. Ng
 WPS-039
25/05/2010
Threshold Accepting for Credit Risk Assessment and Validation M. Lyra, A. Onwunta,
P. Winker
 WPS-040
03/06/2010
Multistage Stochastic Portfolio Optimisation in Deregulated Electricity Markets Using Linear Decision Rules P. Rocha and D. Kuhn
 WPS-041
23/07/2010
Robust Portfolio Optimization with a Hybrid Heuristic Algorithm
B. Fastrich and P. Winker
 WPS-042
24/08/2010
A comparative study of the Lasso-type and heuristic model selection methods
I. Savin
 WPS-043
24/08/2010
Generalized Decision Rule Approximations for Stochastic Programming via Liftings
A.Georghiou,
W. Wiesemann, D. Kuhn
 WPS-044
18/09/2010
A note on ‘good starting values’ in numerical optimisation (Download code here) M. Gilli and E. Schumann
 WPS-045
21/09/2010
Heuristic Strategies in Finance – An Overview
M. Lyra
 WPS-046
27/01/2011
Heuristic model selection for leading indicators in Russia and Germany I. Savin and P. Winker