Download or read book Simulating Copulas: Stochastic Models, Sampling Algorithms, And Applications written by Matthias Scherer and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the reader with a background on simulating copulas and multivariate distributions in general. It unifies the scattered literature on the simulation of various families of copulas (elliptical, Archimedean, Marshall-Olkin type, etc.) as well as on different construction principles (factor models, pair-copula construction, etc.). The book is self-contained and unified in presentation and can be used as a textbook for advanced undergraduate or graduate students with a firm background in stochastics. Alongside the theoretical foundation, ready-to-implement algorithms and many examples make this book a valuable tool for anyone who is applying the methodology.