<p>In this thesis a new method for the option pricing will be introduced with the help of the Mellin transforms. Firstly, the Mellin transform techniques for options on a single underlying stock is presented.After that basket options will be considered. Finally, an improvement of existing numerical results applied to Mellin transforms for 1-basket and 2-basket American Put Option will be discussed concisely. Our approach does not require either variable transformations or solving diffusion equations.</p> / thesis

In this thesis a new method for the option pricing will be introduced with the help of the Mellin transforms. Firstly, the Mellin transform techniques for options on a single underlying stock is presented.After that basket options will be considered. Finally, an improvement of existing numerical results applied to Mellin transforms for 1-basket and 2-basket American Put Option will be discussed concisely. Our approach does not require either variable transformations or solving diffusion equations. / thesis

Este trabalho propõe uma abordagem que utiliza uma associação dos métodos de barreira modificada e de pontos interiores primal-dual para a resolução do problema de fluxo de potência ótimo (FPO) reativo. Para isso, foi realizado um levantamento bibliográfico que explicitou os conceitos de otimização aplicados ao sistema estático de energia elétrica e os métodos dual-Lagrangiano, Newton-Lagrangiano, primal-dual barreira logarítmica e de barreira modificada. Na abordagem proposta, as restrições canalizadas são desmembradas em duas desigualdades. Estas são transformadas em igualdades a partir do acréscimo de variáveis de folga ou de excesso, as quais são relaxadas e tratadas pela função barreira modificada. Associa-se a esse problema uma função Lagrangiana. O sistema de equações resultantes das condições de estacionaridade da função Lagrangiana foi resolvido pelo método de Newton. Na implementação computacional foram usadas técnicas de esparsidade. Os sistemas elétricos de potência utilizados para verificar a eficiência da abordagem proposta na solução do problema de FPO reativo em três tipos de testes foram o de 3 barras, os do IEEE 14, 30, 118, 162 e 300 barras, o equivalente CESP 440 kV com 53 barras e o equivalente brasileiro sul-sudeste com 787 barras / This work proposes an approach that uses an association of the methods of modified barrier and primal-dual interior points for the resolution of the reactive optimal power flow (OPF) problem. On this purpose, a bibliographical review was accomplished, which enlightened the optimization concepts applied to the static system of electrical energy and the methods dual-Lagrangian, Newton-Lagrangian, primal-dual logarithmic barrier and modified barrier. In this approach, the bounded constraints are transformed in equalities by adding the non-negative slack variables. Those slack variables are relaxed and handled by the modified barrier function. A Lagrangian function is associated to this problem. The equation sets generated by the first-order necessary conditions of the Lagrangian function, were solved by Newton's method. In the computational implementation, sparsity techniques were used. The electric systems used to verify the efficiency of the approach proposed in the solution of the reative OPF problem in three types of tests were of the 3, IEEE 14, 30, 118, 162 and 300 buses, equivalent CESP 440 kV with 53 buses and the equivalent brazilian south-southeast with 787 buses

Este trabalho tem por objetivo estudar e analisar a influência do parâmetro de barreira e de seu fator de correção no processo de convergência dos métodos de pontos interiores primal-dual, primal-dual barreira modificada e primal-dual barreira modificada com as técnicas preditor-corretor e Newton composto. A grande motivação para o desenvolvimento desta pesquisa está relacionada com a busca de métodos eficientes para resolver problemas de otimização de programação não-linear, existentes na área de engenharia elétrica mais especificamente na operação de sistemas elétricos de potência. Esses métodos foram aplicados a um problema de programação não-linear e aos sistemas elétricos de três e de trinta barras para analisar a sensibilidade em relação ao parâmetro de barreira e ao seu fator de correção. / This work has for objective to study and to analyze the influence of the barrier parameter and its correction factor in the convergence process of the methods primal-dual interior point, primal-dual modified barrier and primal-dual barrier modified with the techniques predictor-corrector and composed Newton. The great motivation for the development of this research is related with the search of efficient methods to solve nonlinear programming optimization problems, existent in the area of electric engineering more specifically in the operation of power systems. Those methods were applied to a nonlinear programming problem and the electric systems of three and thirty buses to analyze the sensibility in relation to the barrier parameter and its correction factor.

Este trabalho tem por objetivo estudar e analisar a influência do parâmetro de barreira e de seu fator de correção no processo de convergência dos métodos de pontos interiores primal-dual, primal-dual barreira modificada e primal-dual barreira modificada com as técnicas preditor-corretor e Newton composto. A grande motivação para o desenvolvimento desta pesquisa está relacionada com a busca de métodos eficientes para resolver problemas de otimização de programação não-linear, existentes na área de engenharia elétrica mais especificamente na operação de sistemas elétricos de potência. Esses métodos foram aplicados a um problema de programação não-linear e aos sistemas elétricos de três e de trinta barras para analisar a sensibilidade em relação ao parâmetro de barreira e ao seu fator de correção. / This work has for objective to study and to analyze the influence of the barrier parameter and its correction factor in the convergence process of the methods primal-dual interior point, primal-dual modified barrier and primal-dual barrier modified with the techniques predictor-corrector and composed Newton. The great motivation for the development of this research is related with the search of efficient methods to solve nonlinear programming optimization problems, existent in the area of electric engineering more specifically in the operation of power systems. Those methods were applied to a nonlinear programming problem and the electric systems of three and thirty buses to analyze the sensibility in relation to the barrier parameter and its correction factor.

Este trabalho propõe uma abordagem que utiliza uma associação dos métodos de barreira modificada e de pontos interiores primal-dual para a resolução do problema de fluxo de potência ótimo (FPO) reativo. Para isso, foi realizado um levantamento bibliográfico que explicitou os conceitos de otimização aplicados ao sistema estático de energia elétrica e os métodos dual-Lagrangiano, Newton-Lagrangiano, primal-dual barreira logarítmica e de barreira modificada. Na abordagem proposta, as restrições canalizadas são desmembradas em duas desigualdades. Estas são transformadas em igualdades a partir do acréscimo de variáveis de folga ou de excesso, as quais são relaxadas e tratadas pela função barreira modificada. Associa-se a esse problema uma função Lagrangiana. O sistema de equações resultantes das condições de estacionaridade da função Lagrangiana foi resolvido pelo método de Newton. Na implementação computacional foram usadas técnicas de esparsidade. Os sistemas elétricos de potência utilizados para verificar a eficiência da abordagem proposta na solução do problema de FPO reativo em três tipos de testes foram o de 3 barras, os do IEEE 14, 30, 118, 162 e 300 barras, o equivalente CESP 440 kV com 53 barras e o equivalente brasileiro sul-sudeste com 787 barras / This work proposes an approach that uses an association of the methods of modified barrier and primal-dual interior points for the resolution of the reactive optimal power flow (OPF) problem. On this purpose, a bibliographical review was accomplished, which enlightened the optimization concepts applied to the static system of electrical energy and the methods dual-Lagrangian, Newton-Lagrangian, primal-dual logarithmic barrier and modified barrier. In this approach, the bounded constraints are transformed in equalities by adding the non-negative slack variables. Those slack variables are relaxed and handled by the modified barrier function. A Lagrangian function is associated to this problem. The equation sets generated by the first-order necessary conditions of the Lagrangian function, were solved by Newton's method. In the computational implementation, sparsity techniques were used. The electric systems used to verify the efficiency of the approach proposed in the solution of the reative OPF problem in three types of tests were of the 3, IEEE 14, 30, 118, 162 and 300 buses, equivalent CESP 440 kV with 53 buses and the equivalent brazilian south-southeast with 787 buses

In this thesis, a number of mathematical models of haptotactic cell migration are developed. The modelling of haptotaxis is presented in two distinct parts - the first comprises an investigation of haptotaxis in pre-necrotic avascular tumours, while the second consists of the modelling of adhesion-mediated haptotactic cell migration within tissue, with particular attention paid to the biological appropriateness of the description of cell-extracellular matrix adhesion. A model is developed that describes the effects of passive and haptotactic migration on the cellular dynamics and growth of pre-necrotic avascular tumours. The model includes a description of the extracellular matrix and its effect on cell migration. Questions are posed as to which cell types act as a source of the extracellular matrix, and the model is used to simulate the possible effects of different matrix sources. Simulations in one-dimensional and spherically symmetric geometry are presented, displaying familiar results such as three-phase tumour growth and tumours comprising a rim of proliferating cells surrounding a non-proliferating region. Novel effects are also described such as cell population splitting and tumour shrinkage due to haptotaxis and appropriate extracellular matrix construction. The avascular tumour model is then extended to describe the internalisation of labelled cells and inert microspheres within multicell tumour spheroids. A novel model of adhesion-receptor mediated haptotactic cell migration is presented and specific applications of the model to tumour invasion processes are discussed. This model includes a more biologically realistic description of cell adhesion than has been considered in previous models of cell population haptotaxis. Through assumptions of fast kinetics, the model is simplified with the identification of relationships between the simplified model and previous models of haptotaxis. Further simpli.cations to the model are made and travelling wave solutions of the original model are then investigated. It is noted that the generic numerical solution routine NAG D03PCF is not always appropriate for the solution of the model, and can produce oscillatory and inaccurate solutions. For this reason, a control volume numerical solver with .ux limiting is developed to provide a better method of solving the cell migration models.