1st Edition
Introduction to Econophysics Contemporary Approaches with Python Simulations
Chapter 1
Review of Economics
Chapter 2
Asset Return Statistics
Chapter 3
Stochastic Calculus
Chapter 4
Options Pricing
Chapter 5
Portfolio Theory
Chapter 6
Criticality
Chapter 7
Games and Competitions
Chapter 8
Agent-Based Simulations
Biography
Carlo R. da Cunha is an associate professor of physics and engineering physics at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and has been since 2011. Dr. da Cunha received his M.Sc. Degree from the West Virginia University in 2001 and his Ph.D. degree from Arizona State University in 2005. He was a postdoctoral researcher at McGill University in Canada in 2006 and an assistant professor of engineering at the University Federal de Santa Catarina between 2007 and 2011. He has been a guest professor at the Technische Universität Wien (Austria), Chiba University (Japan) and Arizona State University (US). His research revolves around the physics of complex systems where he has been drawing parallels between physical and economic systems from quantum to social levels.
