About the editors
Gautam Mitra (London) is an internationally renowned research scientist in the field of computational optimization and modeling. He has developed a world-class research group in his area of specialization with researchers from Europe, the U.K., the U.S.A., and Asia. He has published three books and over one hundred refereed research articles. He was Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Brunel University between 1990 and 2001. In 2001 he established CARISMA: The Centre for the Analysis of Risk and Optimisation Modelling Applications. CARISMA specializes in the research of risk and optimization and their combined paradigm in decision modeling. Professor Mitra is also a Director of UNICOM Seminars and OptiRisk Systems; OptiRisk specializes in the research and development of optimization and financial analytics tools.
Leela Mitra (London) is a quantitative analyst at OptiRisk Systems. Dr Mitra joined OptiRisk Systems in that capacity in 2004. She received her PhD in operational research on the topic of “Scenario generation for asset allocation models” from CARISMA, Brunel University. Topics included: “mixed” scenario sets for investment decisions with downside risk; pricing and evaluating a bond portfolio using a regime-switching Markov model; and desirable properties for scenario generation. She has a first-class BA (joint honours) degree in mathematics and philosophy from King's College (University of London). Prior to joining OptiRisk, Leela worked ...
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