Telegraph Processes and Option Pricing / SpringerBriefs in Statistics (PDF)

Prof. Alexander Dmitry Kolesnik holds PhD in mathematics and physics (1991) and Habilitation in probability and statistics (2010) conferred by the Institute of Mathematics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine. At present, he occupies the permanent position of the Leading Scientific Researcher (Professor) at the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Kishinev, Moldova. He has published more than 50 scientific works in various editions and is the external referee for many respected international journals in mathematics, probability, stochastic processes and physics. Prof. Kolesnik is a member of the Global Advisors Board of the International Federation of Nonlinear Analysts (IFNA) and a member of the Expert Board on Mathematics of the National Council for Accreditation and Attestation of Moldova.

Prof. Nikita Ratanov has degrees in mathematics from Moscow State University (Lomonossov): (Diploma, 1976; PhD, 1984), Russian Academy of Scencies, (Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics, 1999). His current position: professor, researcher at Universidad del Rosario, Bogota', Colombia. Prof. Ratanov's recent research interests have concentrated on stochastic processes and their applications. He has published several textbooks (in Russian and Spanish) on mathematical finance.

From the book reviews:“The book is organized into 5 chapters. … this book provides a detailed and rigorous description of the telegraph process on the real line, with a special view to its applications to financial modelling. Researchers and students in related areas will find it of considerable interest.” (Antonio Di Crescenzo, Mathematical Reviews, October, 2014)