by Ankush Agarwal, Ying Liao
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Suggested foundations for optimisation and numerical methods and credit and counterparty risk. Specialist prerequisites vary by paper.
Read the linear algebra used to define a numerical problem.
Identify the objective, constraints and conditions for an optimum.
Separate default probability, loss severity and exposure.
Read conditional default and exposure quantities.
Understand identifiability and fitted model parameters.
Separate model error from unstable numerical computation.
Study dependence between defaults.