Static hedge portfolios for barrier options are extremely sensitive with respect to changes of the volatility surface. In this paper we develop a semi-infinite programming formulation of the static super-replication problem in stochastic volatility models which allows to robustify the hedge...

This book presents recent theoretical and practical aspects in the field of optimization and convex analysis. The topics covered in this volume include: - Equilibrium models in economics. - Control theory and semi-infinite programming. - Ill-posed variational problems. - Global optimization. -...

The volume comprises a collection of 172 extented abstracts of talks presented at the 16th Symposium on Operations Rese- arch held at the University of Trier in September 1991. It is designated to serve as a quickly published documentation of the scientific activities of the conference. Subjects...